byword English

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byword

— noun (= proverb) a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people

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proverb

saying

saw

adage

motto

laughingstock

dictum

well-known person

watchword

standing joke

soubriquet

sobriquet

slogan

oration

notorious

nickname

maxim

humorous saying

flagrant

cognomen

catchword

axiom

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