oliphaunt

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   His mugge so Taste and wide, I wel opine, An oliphaunt he might have swallow'd[.]

   1876, William Curry, Jun. & Co, The Dublin university magazine: Volume 88

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   The gander, the gose, and the hudge oliphaunt, / Went with the pecok ageyne the fesaunt;

   1523, John Skelton, “A ryght delectable treatyse upon a goodly garlande or chapelet of laurell”, in Poetical Works of John Skelton, published 1853, page 365

   ‘Were there any oliphaunts?’ asked Sam, forgetting his fear in his eagerness for news of strange places.

   1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Two Towers, Random House, published 1982, →ISBN, page 283