Glumdalclitch

Glumdalclitch is the name Gulliver gives his nurse in book II of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's travels. In book I, Gulliver travels to the land of Lilliput. On departure, he travels to the land of Brobdingnag. In Lilliput, Gulliver was a giant and in Brobdingnag, he is a dwarf with the proportions reversed.
When he comes ashore, he is captured by a giant farmer, who perceives Gulliver only as an animal, a freak of nature resembling man-shaped mouse. He takes Gulliver home and gives him to his 9Yr. daughter, a child "not above 40ft., being little for her age". She makes Gulliver her pet, creates a small travel case (a miniature bed-chamber in a box), and is amused to play with him as if he were a doll. Gulliver grows very fond of the girl, and gives her the pet name of Glumdalclitch, or "little nurse" in the Brobdingian language. (Certainly, "little" is highly ironic considering the circumstances. If Gulliver knows her real name, he doesn't tell the viewer). Glumdalclitch is a skilled seamstress with a talent for making doll clothes. Although Gulliver admires the wardrobe, he finds that even the finest Brobdingian fabric is coarse. The farmer takes Gulliver about as a freak show, charging money for performances. Gulliver is proud of the stunts for Glumdalclitch.
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