dɪŋˌnæg noun
the region in Swift's Gulliver's Travels where everything was of enormous size.
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Brobdingnag
(not brobdignag), 1727, Swift's name in "Gulliver's Travels" for imaginary country where everything was on a gigantic scale.
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Brobdingnag
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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