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"Proverbial"
Keywords:
absentiminded
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professor
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mentioned
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dizzy
,
spoken
Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb; hence, commonly known; as, a proverbial expression; his meanness was proverbial.
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widely known and spoken of; "her proverbial lateness"; "the proverbial absentiminded professor"; "your proverbial dizzy blonde"
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Keywords:
grasshopper
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bucket
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resembling
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kicked
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pertaining
Of or pertaining to proverbs; resembling a proverb.
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of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb; "he kicked the proverbial bucket"; "the proverbial grasshopper"
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Keywords:
gutzer
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abdominal
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see
See "Abdominal," "Gutzer."
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