with a most uncommon large Ed

09:24 Apr 3, 2020
English to Portuguese translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / English literature/Charles Dickens
English term or phrase: with a most uncommon large Ed
Trecho do livro A House to Let de Charles Dickens, o que significa Ed, seria cabeça? Trata-se da descrição de um Anão. Segue o contexto:
He was a most uncommon small man, with a most uncommon large Ed; and what he had inside that Ed, nobody ever knowed but himself: even supposin himself to have ever took stock of it, which it would have been a stiff job for even him to do.
JOSE SOUZA
Brazil
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5cabeça...'ead
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with a most uncommon large ed
cabeça...'ead


Explanation:
cabeça

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Note added at 3 hrs (2020-04-03 13:21:27 GMT)
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I ast 'im an' 'e shook 'is 'ead what they 'adn't. `Me first rule is that ye check all knives, guns, an' other such 'ardware at the cloakroom. Is that agreeable to ye?

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Note added at 3 hrs (2020-04-03 13:22:37 GMT)
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uma cabeça invulgarmente grande

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