Both Uses
anecdote
in
The Silver Music Box
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- He was only too pleased to be diverted by the hilarious anecdotes his father's comrade related about his five-year-old grandson, Rudi.†
p. 63.7 *anecdotes = short, true stories
- He grinned and on the way home regaled her with anecdotes of teaching life.†
p. 184.1
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)