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99%6Exact Match!
noun

• a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')

27%9 Alien abduction trope
noun

• the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife

• (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body

27%6 Common fantasy trope
noun

• a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers

• the enchanted realm of fairies

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New York Times25 Mar 1993 Down 43
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