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Brocken

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The spectre of the Brocken. This is the shadow of men and other objects greatly magnified and reflected in the mist and cloud of the mountain opposite. The Brocken is the highest summit of the Harz range.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Briton (Like a)
Brittany
Broach
Broad as Long
Broad Arrow
Broad Bottom Ministry (1744)
Broadcloth
Broadside
Brobdingnag
Brobdingnagian
Brocken
Brocklehurst (The Rev. Robert)
Brogue
Brogues
Broken Feather (A)
Broken Music
Broken on the Wheel
Broker
Brontes
Bronzomarte
Brook (Master)

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