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- In my nightly prayers, I always included by rote Mom and Dad, Jim, my uncles and aunts and grandparents (whether they were already in heaven or not), all the soldiers, sailors, and marines, Daisy Mae, Lucifer, Dandy, Poteet, and Chipper too.†
Chpt 16 *
- "Yessir," I replied, the good Coalwood boy speaking by rote.†
Chpt 19
- More of my learned rote.†
Chpt 19
Definitions:
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(1)
(rote) memorization by repetition; or repeated behavior done automatically without thought
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)