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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He describes his childhood as Dickensian in its poverty and hardship.
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The working conditions in the factory were positively Dickensian .
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They were living in a Dickensian apartment block without proper heating or running water.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A Dickensian Christmas; a setting sun; a dainty damsel.
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And for no better reason than this Dickensian Government will not provide the cash.
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Despite her bleak background and threadbare, Dickensian sartorial habits, she certainly transmits an aura of elegance and gentility.
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In Dickensian days Fagin had his thieves' kitchen in London, where he taught youngsters to pick pockets.
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In his coat, Winchell looks like a Dickensian undertaker; he embarrasses me.
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Seeking vengeance, he employs two Dickensian thugs, with startling and bleakly hilarious results.
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The Dickensian workhouse mentality still exists, but you don't need to subscribe to it.
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They had a Dickensian air with enormous dormitories and little privacy.