Both Uses
anecdote
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My Antonia
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- Even for his classroom he had no platitudes, no stock of professorial anecdotes.†
Book 3 *anecdotes = short, true stories
- Every lawyer learns over and over how strong a motive hate can be, but in my collection of legal anecdotes I had nothing to match this one.†
Book 5
Definitions:
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(1)
(anecdote) a short story that is true -- often told for amusement or to make a point
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)