metonym
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Perhaps most frustrating is Mr. Bailey’s insistence on the cat as a metonym for Spark.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
It’s more metonym for the glamorous arrivals than a literal description of what everyone is walking on.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
Belle and Sebastian’s first two albums, “Tigermilk” and “If You’re Feeling Sinister,” both released in 1996, congealed a certain starry-eyed preciousness with unrepentantly adorable shambolics, near-instantly making the band a metonym for tweedom writ large.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 17, 2023
Thus, some scientists say that Gaia, the mother of life, is a poor choice of deity to serve as a metonym for Earth.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2022
"Bartús" is evidently formed "on the weight" of "Bartút;" and his metonym is a caricature, a chaff fit for Fellahe.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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