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Lilliput And Blefuscu - History and Politics - Satirical Interpretations
... The novel further describes an intra-Lilliputian quarrel over the practice of breaking eggs ... Traditionally, Lilliputians broke boiled eggs on the larger end a few generations ago, an Emperor of Lilliput, the Present Emperor's great-grandfather, had decreed that ... The Lilliputian religion says an egg should be broken on the convenient end, which is now interpreted by the Lilliputians as the smaller end ...
... The novel further describes an intra-Lilliputian quarrel over the practice of breaking eggs ... Traditionally, Lilliputians broke boiled eggs on the larger end a few generations ago, an Emperor of Lilliput, the Present Emperor's great-grandfather, had decreed that ... The Lilliputian religion says an egg should be broken on the convenient end, which is now interpreted by the Lilliputians as the smaller end ...
More definitions of "Lilliputian":
- (adj): Very small.
Example: "A lilliputian chest of drawers"
Synonyms: bantam, diminutive, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck
- (adj): (informal terms) small and of little importance.
Example: "Our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"
Synonyms: fiddling, footling, little, Mickey Mouse, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial
- (noun): A 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift.
- (adj): Tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput.
Example: "The Lilliputian population"
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