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Definition
a farewell remark (an alternative to goodbye)
- On the second morning thereafter, Phoebe might have been seen, in her straw bonnet, with a shawl on one arm and a little carpet-bag on the other, bidding adieu to Hepzibah and Cousin Clifford.Chapter 14 — Phoebe's Good-Bye (70% in)
There are no more uses of "adieu" in The House of the Seven Gables.
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