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- noun
elephant
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Examples
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Balrog and oliphaunt fossils have been discovered, but misidentified by ideologically biased Darwinists as “dinosaurs.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Scientific Evidence for the Lord of the Rings 2009
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'And out place under the warm bank in Captain Faramir's country, the day I saw an oliphaunt?'
I discover the Caretaker Blues: Elizabeth discovers Pain Elizabeth McClung 2008
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The foyer had a scuffed linoleum floor, an oliphaunt-foot umbrella stand, and a side-table with short stacks of medical brochures for chlamydia, AIDS, evil eye, and diarrhea.
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Then there was the oliphaunt, this time not treated as an elephant, but as a four-tusked mastodon - probably a species of trilophodon or similar.
The Two Towers: a voyage into palaeobiology marypcb 2003
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It is carved from the tusks of Old Mlima, the oliphaunt who bore my great-great-grandfather to war against the Tigrati insurrection.
Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003
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‘And our place under the warm bank in Captain Faramir’s country, the day I saw an oliphaunt?’
The problem of being Susan superversive 2006
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Sick kids, perhaps, but if we’re talking cool spectacle here, we might as well go whole hog, er, tusker, er, oliphaunt. maria
Going Different Directions in the Same Space - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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“Tifari Amu told me; it’s how they hunt oliphaunt.
Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003
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“Joscelin, if you need to test your skills, pick something that’s not nearly the size of an oliphaunt, with hide like cured leather.
Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003
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But now I don’t suppose I’ll ever see an oliphaunt.
The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954
chained_bear commented on the word oliphaunt
See also oliphant.
August 6, 2008
dontcry commented on the word oliphaunt
My first French teacher's name was Madame Oliphant. Seriously.
August 6, 2008
she commented on the word oliphaunt
OED says it's a Middle English variant spelling. :)
(That's a wonderful name! If you don't actually resemble an elephant.)
August 6, 2008