peonism
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peonage or peonism (ˈpiːənɪdʒ, ˈpiːəˌnɪzəm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the state of being a peon |
| 2. | a system in which a debtor must work for his creditor until the debt is paid off |
| peonism or peonism | |
| —n | |
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Peonism
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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