colloquialism
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The Disgusting Colloquialism: "She drew in a great, hitching breath and hocked a remarkably large looey onto the top of his head."
From Time Magazine Archive
Colloquialism, instead of literary speech, even bad grammar where more formal book-speech seems to dampen the fire, must be instinctively sought.
From How to See a Play by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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Rhetoric
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 2
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Rhetoric
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