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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An abbreviation of contracted and contraction.
  • Word Usage
    "He and your readers, if they appreciate the French language, will realize that slips of the tongue in the English language are laughably unfunny to the French who speak the only language in the world that lends itself so beautifully to what they call a contrèpeterie."
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