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brob
[ brob ]
noun
- a wedge-shaped spike for securing an end of a timber butting against the side of another.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of brob1
First recorded in 1870–75; of uncertain origin
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Example Sentences
Brob'dingnag, a country of enormous giants, to whom Gulliver was a tiny dwarf.
From Project Gutenberg
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