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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—L

Lorbrulgrud

The capital of Brobdingnag. The word is humorously said to mean “Pride of the Universe.” (Swift: Gulliver's Travels.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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