omittance
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omittance
"omission," c.1600, perhaps coined by Shakespeare, who used it in wordplay ("Omittance is no quittance").
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Omittance
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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