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A Trope Crossword Clue

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noun

• a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')

27%8 "All the world's a stage" is one trope ham delivered badly
noun

• a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

27%5 Kind of trope or scope
noun

• A heliotrope (surveying instrument).

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New York Times25 Mar 1993 Down 43
New York Times23 Jul 1992 Down 48
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