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sobriquet
SO-bri-kay
noun
a nickname
1906Lucas MaletThe Far Horizon'That is very taking and stylish; and it is just what I should like to have done with my Peachie.' This graceful sobriquet was generally understood to bear testimony to the excellence of Mrs. Porcher's complexion.1983Alan Dean FosterKrullErgo spoke the words and for a change lived up to his sobriquet, the Magnificent.2000Robin CookShock'Milk of amnesia' was Carl's humorous sobriquet for the anesthetic agent propofol, which was dispensed as a white liquid, and the term never failed to tickle her funny bone.

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