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| —n | |
| a trial conducted primarily to make a particular impression on the public or on other nations, esp one that demonstrates the power of the state over the individual | |
| 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. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |