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noun as in nickname

noun as in saying

noun as in slogan

noun as in target

noun as in household word

noun as in catchword

noun as in adage

noun as in handle

noun as in nickname

noun as in saying

noun as in slogan

noun as in target

noun as in household word

noun as in catchword

noun as in adage

noun as in handle

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Example Sentences

Its tedious complications are almost a by-word to those who are at all acquainted with the Church history of the period.

"Well, now you seen him," said the dancer, in the same word-by-word fashion as before.

In fact, the reference to the "mewel" kicking Alfred became, and is still, a by-word in the old town.

Afterwards I found it common enough, a kind of by-word among people who affect to share the inner mysteries of police and crime.

They are become "an astonishment, a proverb, and by-word among all nations."

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On this page you'll find 302 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to by-word, such as: adage, aphorism, axiom, dictum, motto, and proverb.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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