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sobriquet SO-bri-kay noun a nickname 1906The 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.1983KrullErgo spoke the words and for a change lived up to his sobriquet, the Magnificent.2000Shock'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.Labels: Alan Dean Foster, Lucas Malet, Robin Cook
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