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Folk Tale Figure Crossword Clue

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noun

• a cruel wicked and inhuman person

• (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings

26%6 Husband of Bunyan in the folk tale
noun

• a painful swelling of the bursa of the first joint of the big toe

26%6 Famous tall-tale folk hero
noun

• English preacher and author of an allegorical novel, Pilgrim's Progress (1628-1688)

• a legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada

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