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Definition
fairy tales: a frightening giant — especially one who likes to eat people
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an evil, hideous, and frightening person
or:
an evil, hideous, and frightening person
- And that was a day of romance; If those robber-barons were somewhat grim and drunken ogres, they had a certain grandeur of the wild beast in them,—they were forest boars with tusks, tearing and rending, not the ordinary domestic grunter; they represented the demon forces forever in collision with beauty, virtue, and the gentle uses of life; they made a fine contrast in the picture with the wandering minstrel, the soft-lipped princess, the pious recluse, and the timid Israelite.4.1 — Book 4 Chapter 1 — A Variation of Protestantism Unknown to Bossuet (10% in)
There are no more uses of "ogre" in The Mill on the Floss.
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