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  2. Hoarding - Wikipedia

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    Hoarding can run in families, and it may be possible genetics play a role in developing hoarding behaviors. [16] Also, this behavior can be developed due to life circumstances such as difficult losses, depression , financial crises , and living small which make it difficult for people to get rid of their belongings.

  3. Bibliomania - Wikipedia

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    Bibliomania is the excessive collecting or even hoarding of books to the point where social relations or health are damaged, particularly as a symptom of obsessive–compulsive disorder. Bibliomania is not to be confused with bibliophilia , which is the (psychologically healthy) love of books, and as such is not considered a clinical ...

  4. Collyer brothers - Wikipedia

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    Homer Lusk Collyer (November 6, 1881 – March 21, 1947) and Langley Wakeman Collyer (October 3, 1885 – c. March 9, 1947), known as the Collyer brothers, [1] were two American brothers who became infamous for their bizarre natures and compulsive hoarding.

  5. Billboard - Wikipedia

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    A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world [vague]) [1] is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads.

  6. Poster - Wikipedia

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    Poster for the Holzer Fashion Store, 1902 Police can sometimes put up a poster to let the public know about a criminal.. A poster is a large sheet that is placed either on a public space to promote something or on a wall as decoration.

  7. Miser - Wikipedia

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    A detail from L'Avaro, a print by Antonio Piccinni (1878). A miser / ˈ m aɪ z ər / is a person who is reluctant to spend money, sometimes to the point of forgoing even basic comforts and some necessities, in order to hoard money or other possessions. [1]

  8. Glossary of literary terms - Wikipedia

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    Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...

  9. Broadside (printing) - Wikipedia

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    By the mid-19th century, the advent of newspapers and inexpensive novels resulted in the demise of the street literature broadside. One classic example of a broadside used for proclamations is the Dunlap broadside , which was the first publication of the United States Declaration of Independence , printed on the night of July 4, 1776 by John ...