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Blunderbore

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Blunderbore
nursery tale giant killed by Jack. [Br. Lit.: Brewer Dictionary, 128]
See : Giantism
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These last sounds, so like those in which, as legends inform us, the ferocious giant Blunderbore was in the habit of expressing his opinion that it was time to lay the cloth, were too distinctly audible to be again mistaken for the workings of fancy.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context
To this speech the beggars answered never a word, but they looked at Robin as great Blunderbore looked upon stout Jack the slayer of giants, as though they would fain eat him, body and bones; nevertheless, they did not care to come nigher to him and his terrible staff.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Pyle, Howard View in context
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