brobdingnagian

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He puts his brobdingnagian shoulder to the door and opens it by the hinges.

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So one does, judging by the brobdingnagian baubles designed by Marsten's firm, appropriately named Caveat Emptor.

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In the oil game everything from supertankers as long as three football fields to offshore drilling rigs as tall as the Empire State Building is brobdingnagian.

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This brobdingnagian shell game is intended to foil any Soviet strike by baffling the enemy: unaware of each missile's actual location, the Soviets would be obliged to target all 4,600 MX shelters to guarantee success.

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The imperial sailors were distinguished by their uniforms of a large blue and white check, suggesting the pinafores of a brobdingnagian baby.

From Rezanov by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn