Answer | Crossword Clue |
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DORA | Name literally meaning "gifts" |
ERIN | Name meaning, literally, west island |
QUASIMODO | Fictional name literally meaning "almost like" |
OOLONGTEA | Chinese beverage literally meaning "black dragon" |
ADAGIO | Musical term meaning literally "at ease" |
LIEUT | Mil. title literally meaning "holding a place" |
PALO | Literally meaning "stick," it's the first word in a California city named for a 1,000-year-old redwood |
metaphor | figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or concept it does not literally denote in order to suggest comparison with its basic meaning |