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  2. List of metonyms - Wikipedia

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    A place where tickets are sold, in this example, for movies. A term to describe how well a film is doing. "The film is a hit at the box office." [citation needed] brass: A metal alloy (used for or in the manufacture of e.g. buttons, insignia and a family of musical instruments)

  3. Valediction - Wikipedia

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    A valediction (derivation from Latin vale dicere, "to say farewell"), [1] parting phrase, or complimentary close in American English, [2] is an expression used to say farewell, especially a word or phrase used to end a letter or message, [3] [4] or a speech made at a farewell.

  4. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    The best defense is a good offense; The best-laid schemes of mice and men often go awry; The best things in life are free; The bigger they are, the harder they fall; The boy is father to the man; The bread never falls but on its buttered side; The child is the father of the man; The cobbler always wears the worst shoes

  5. Game of the Day: Letter Garden - AOL

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    In this game, you want to click and drag over letter tiles to form words; these words must be three. With today's Game of the Day, it's time for all you wordsmiths to show your stuff and test your ...

  6. Have a nice day - Wikipedia

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    A variant of the phrase—"have a good day"—is first recorded in Layamon's Brut (c. 1205) and King Horn. "Have a nice day" itself first appeared in the 1948 film A Letter to Three Wives. In the United States, the phrase was first used on a regular basis in the early to mid 1960s by FAA air traffic controllers and pilots.

  7. List of English homographs - Wikipedia

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    Most of the pairs listed below are closely related: for example, "absent" as a noun meaning "missing", and as a verb meaning "to make oneself missing". There are also many cases in which homographs are of an entirely separate origin, or whose meanings have diverged to the point that present-day speakers have little historical understanding: for ...

  8. Game Of The Day: Letter Garden - AOL

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    Click and drag over letter tiles to form 3-letter and longer words. Clear entire rows and columns to complete the level ... Game Of The Day: Letter Garden. Richard Cardenas. Updated August 10 ...

  9. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    letter box 1. a slot in a wall or door through which incoming post [DM] is delivered (US: mail slot, mailbox) 2. (less common) a box in the street for receiving outgoing letters and other mail (more usually called a postbox or pillar box) (US: mailbox) See also Letterbox (US & UK): a film display format taking its name from the shape of a ...