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Lilliput
Lilliput in Swift's Gulliver's Travels, the imaginary country inhabited by people 6 inches (15 cm) high; the term Lilliputian for a trivial or very small person or thing derives from this.
When Gulliver is shipwrecked on the island of Lilliput, the inhabitants attempt to constrain him by tying him down with a network of ropes; this image is often referred to in allusions to Gulliver and Lilliput. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Lilliput." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Lilliput." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Lilliput.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Lilliput." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Lilliput.html |
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Lilliput
Lilliput, see Gulliver's Travels.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Lilliput." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Lilliput." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Lilliput.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Lilliput." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Lilliput.html |
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