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Definition
a short saying — typically well-known and accepted by many as offering good advice
- One could have eaten a meal off the ground without overbrimming the proverbial peck of dirt.Chapter 1 — Mrs. Rachel Lynde Is Surprised (39% in)
- The proverb you need to go by is 'Look before you leap'—especially into spare-room beds."Chapter 19 — A Concert a Catastrophe and a Confession (71% in)
There are no more uses of "proverb" in Anne Of Green Gables.
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