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PROVERB AND PUN

EVEN A BALD MILLIONAIRE HAS SEVERAL HEIRS.

Data entry tech comment: THE USE OF THE WORD "EVEN" AS THAT OF AN INTENSIVE TO STRESS
IDENTITY OR THE COMPARATIVE DEGREE OF WORTH OF THE SUBJECT, I.E.,
EVEN A FISH, EVEN A CHILD, ETC.

Where learned: DETROIT

Keyword(s): PUN

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 10-17-1968

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