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Example sentences for: allusion

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"The Federal Reserve Board likes the roller coaster allusion.
It could be a hypocoristic or baby-talk form of hysterical , or it might be from the imitative word hiss ; or perhaps it is a variant of another dialect term, jesse , meaning a `severe scolding,' which is probably from a Biblical allusion.
' The allusion could be to a hand slapping the loaf, thereby producing a deep, hollow, fartlike sound.
Known as La Pedrera (which means “stone quarry,” an allusion to its limestone surface), this stunning apartment house is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
8. Coffin nail is a later allusion to `cigarette': in its earlier metaphoric life it referred to anything that might serve to drive one to an early grave; indeed, some early Western saloons sold tokens bearing the words “coffin nail” stamped on them which were good for a shot of redeye.