Zeugma - Word of the Day - Sun Nov 21, 2021
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QuoteZeugma - (noun) - the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words in a such a way that it applies to each in a different sense.
QuoteMark Twain, in his book Tom Sawyer in chapter 1, employed a zeugma that described a fight between two boys where they 'covered themselves in dust and glory'.
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