Both Uses of
ogre
in
David Copperfield
- We might have been a party of Ogres, the conversation assumed such a sanguine complexion.†
Chpt 25-27 *
- I implored him to spare her gentle nature — not to crush a fragile flower — and addressed him generally, to the best of my remembrance, as if, instead of being her father, he had been an Ogre, or the Dragon of Wantley.†
Chpt 37-39
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