Both Uses of
ogre
in
Hard Times
- The first object with which they had an association, or of which they had a remembrance, was a large black board with a dry Ogre chalking ghastly white figures on it.†
Chpt 1.3
- Not that they knew, by name or nature, anything about an Ogre Fact forbid!†
Chpt 1.3 *
Definition:
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(ogre) fairy tales: a frightening giant -- especially one who likes to eat people
or:
an evil, hideous, and frightening person