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Definition of Locutions
1. locution [n] - See also: locution
Lexicographical Neighbors of Locutions
Literary usage of Locutions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... m numerous locutions, both in French and English; as, "Montrer ton net;" ...
locutions ..."
2. A Handbook of Colloquial Japanese by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1898)
"Note also the following miscellaneous locutions : dai ni ni, "in the second
place," dai san ni, "secondly. ..."
3. Elements of Siamese Grammar with Appendices by Oscar Frankfurter (1900)
"Adverbial locutions. In the following paragraphs, we have to consider words and
phrases used in an adverbial sense. We follow in this list the usual ..."
4. Travels in Scotland: Descriptive of the State of Manners, Literature, and by Louis Albert Necker de Saussure (1821)
"It is to these turnings and locutions, not in use in the south, that the English
always recognise their brethren of the North. The Danish language is that ..."
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