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a figure of speech involving the accidental use of a wrong word which sounds rather like the right word, e.g. In The Rivals (Sheridan), the character of Mrs Malaprop says, He is the very pineapple of politeness. (The writer means pinnacle which would suggest that he is very polite.) See figure of speech.
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a part of a sentence and should not be presented as if it is complete, e.g. but I donâ??t want...
a word with the same meaning as another word, e.g. awful, terrible, appalling and ghastly are...
an exact replica (copy) of writing (or illustrations) on paper. The original is put into a...