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ampersand

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Definition a punctuation mark (&) used to represent "and"
  • They have balanced two sides of an ampersand as long as I've known them.
  • She was at it all week for more than eight hours a day, until her back and neck ached, and ragged curls of unfurling ampersands swam across her vision.
    Ian McEwan  --  Atonement

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