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Definition
difficult to handle — especially because of size or shape or weight
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not elegant or graceful in expression
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not elegant or graceful in expression
- The queen likewise ordered the thinnest silks that could be gotten, to make me clothes, not much thicker than an English blanket, very cumbersome till I was accustomed to them.Part 2 — A Voyage to Brobdingnag (34% in)
- Besides the large box in which I was usually carried, the queen ordered a smaller one to be made for me, of about twelve feet square, and ten high, for the convenience of travelling; because the other was somewhat too large for Glumdalclitch's lap, and cumbersome in the coach; it was made by the same artist, whom I directed in the whole contrivance.Part 2 — A Voyage to Brobdingnag (44% in)
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