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  1. Greek `transferred title' figure of speech
  2. that works by association, naming something
  3. closely connected with what is meant; for
  4. example, calling the theatrical profession
  5. `the stage', horse racing `the turf', or
  6. journalists `the press'. See also synecdoche.
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