All 4 Uses of
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David Copperfield
- Mr. Peggotty, to relieve it, took two prodigious lobsters, and an enormous crab, and a large canvas bag of shrimps, out of his pockets, and piled them up in Ham's arms.†
Chpt 7-9 *
- In the meantime, I put myself on a short allowance of bear's grease, wholly abandoned scented soap and lavender water, and sold off three waistcoats at a prodigious sacrifice, as being too luxurious for my stern career.†
Chpt 34-36
- Mrs. Heep, with a prodigious sniff, resumed her knitting.†
Chpt 37-39
- The howl and roar, the rattling of the doors and windows, the rumbling in the chimneys, the apparent rocking of the very house that sheltered me, and the prodigious tumult of the sea, were more fearful than in the morning.†
Chpt 55-57
Definition:
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(prodigious) enormous; or far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree