Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of
metonymy .
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[Footnote: "Nous deffendons a tous les batailles par tout, nostre demengne, .... et on lieu des batailles nous meton prueves de tesmoins .....
The Duel Between France and Germany Charles Sumner 1842
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