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Definition
a short saying — typically well-known and accepted by many as offering good advice
- The listener's proverbial fate was not absolutely hers; she had heard no evil of herself, but she had heard a great deal of very painful import.Chapter 10 (66% in)
- Songs and proverbs, all talk of woman's fickleness.Chapter 23 (29% in)
There are no more uses of "proverb" in Persuasion.
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