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Big Brother
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Big Brother
all-seeing leader watches every move. [Br. Lit.: 1984]

Big Brother
omnipresent leader of a totalitarian nightmare world. [Br. Lit.: 1984]
See : Tyranny


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But when his relatives hand the baby over to him, and the baby responds to his big-brotherly overtures, Momo can't help himself: "A weird thing happened, by mistake I think.
Oh, he got some friendly, big-brotherly advice from Jones?
At book's end, Morgy welcomes home newborn twin sisters with big-brotherly protectiveness: "If there's anything you don't know, you can ask me.
 
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