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Lord Decimus Tite Barnacle
The pompous head of the Barnacle family and the Circumlocution Office.
minor
Also known as Lord Decimus, Tite Barnacle
First appearance: A Shoal of Barnacles
Lord Decimus Tite Barnacle shows up with force in A Shoal of Barnacles. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The leading Barnacle, who delivers a series of platitudinous speeches and embodies the family's philosophy of 'How not to do it'.
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In A Shoal of Barnacles: The leading Barnacle, who delivers a series of platitudinous speeches and embodies the family's philosophy of 'How not to do it'. Later, in In Which a Great Patriotic Conference Is Holden: The…
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- Circumlocution Office and Society
- Financial and Medical Figures
- Inventors, Artists, and Shadows
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