MALAPROPISM in a Sentence
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Example sentences for MALAPROPISM, such as:When Mrs. Malaprop accuses Lydia of being "as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile," she confuses "allegory" and "alligator" ...
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Meanings and Examples of MALAPROPISM
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malapropism
n. comic misuse of word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound
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1 When Mrs. Malaprop accuses Lydia of being "as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile," she confuses "allegory" and "alligator" in a typical malapropism.