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a gentle giant a man who is very tall and strong, but has a very quiet, gentle character that does not match his appearance. As placid and amiable as he was tall, he became known as the gentle giant of the squad. See also: gentle |
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Drama occurs where the worlds of town and forest intersect: at the beginning, when the gentle giant John Little, entrapped in a life of thievery, duels with Robin in the latter's usual lusty, good-humored fashion, then joins his outlaw band; and at the end, when Margaret, sixteen, is widowed on her wedding night, is falsely accused of her husband's murder, and finds sanctuary in the forest. The gentle giant Hagrid, for example, speaks in less-than-proper English, which makes him stand out from the other adults in the book. A gentle giant," they said of him at his funeral earlier this month. |
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