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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman · Character

Prignitz

A German scholar cited in learned debates about noses.

minor

First appearance: book iii

Prignitz shows up with force in Chapter XLI. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Walter had been explaining Prignitz to Uncle Toby before the conversation shifted.
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  • Other

Character groups

  • Learned Authorities on Noses
  • Protagonist
  • Slawkenbergius's Nose Tale

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See Prignitz in book iii