Remote allusion
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HINTRemote allusion.
REFERENCEAllusion.
HINTAllusion.
HINTAllusion
REFERMake allusion
HINTIndirect allusion.
QUIPWitty allusion.
HINTCovert allusion.
REFERMake an allusion
HINTAn indirect allusion.
REFERMake an allusion (to)
GAMPSUmbrellas (a Dickensian allusion).
pollusion(Shakespeare) blunder for allusion
pollusionsPOLLUSION, (Shakespeare) blunder for allusion
bookish(of language or writing) Literary in style or allusion
allusionsALLUSION, the act of alluding (to make an indirect reference)
vineyardsA sphere of action or labor (in allusion to Matt. 20:1)
vineyardA sphere of action or labor (in allusion to Matt. 20:1)
mechanicals(esp. with allusion to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream) A manual worker
whiskerandoa whiskered person, in allusion to Dom Ferolo Whiskerandos in Sheridan's Critic
whiskerandosWHISKERANDO, a whiskered person, in allusion to Dom Ferolo Whiskerandos in Sheridan's Critic
butterfisha name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus
butterfishesBUTTERFISH, a name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus
albatrossesA source of frustration or guilt; an encumbrance (in allusion to Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner)
jesuitscrafty, intriguing, or equivocating person: so called in allusion to the methods ascribed to the order by its opponents
jesuitcrafty, intriguing, or equivocating person: so called in allusion to the methods ascribed to the order by its opponents
allusivelyfiguratively ; by way of allusion; by implication, suggestion, or insinuation ; by way of allusion; by implication, suggestion, or insinuation
foolbegged(Shakespeare) foolish enough to be begged for a fool (in allusion to the custom of seeking the administration of a lunatic's estate as one's own)