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Ogress   /ˈoʊgrəs/   Listen
Ogress

noun
1.
(folklore) a female ogre.





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"Ogress" Quotes from Famous Books



... [than what you propose]; send for her without delay; nothing, it is true, is agreeable without the presence of the beloved one. The young merchant made a sign towards the chick and shortly a black woman, as ugly as an ogress, on seeing whom one would die without [the intervention of] fate, approached the young man and sat down. I was frightened at her sight, and said within myself, is it possible this she-demon can be beloved ...
— Bagh O Bahar, Or Tales of the Four Darweshes • Mir Amman of Dihli
... make much of an Ogress," he said dispassionately. "You haven't the build for it. But I'm not an Ogre even yet. It's not my fault. I meant to begin with those pages of yours—but you all seemed to have some ridiculous objections. Then ...
— In Brief Authority • F. Anstey
... replied the Queen (and this she spoke in the tone of an Ogress who had a strong desire to eat fresh meat), "and will eat her with a ...
— The Blue Fairy Book • Various


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