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Metonymy

 

 

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Metonymy

 

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Definition of metonymy

 

Metonymy: substitution of one word for another which it suggests. He is a man of the cloth. The pen is mightier than the sword. By the sweat of thy brow thou shalt eat thy bread.

 

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