twice-told tale

  • 1twice told tale — Synonyms and related words: Joe Miller, banality, bromide, chestnut, cliche, commonplace, commonplace expression, corn, familiar tune, hackneyed saying, joke with whiskers, lieu commun, locus communis, old joke, old saw, old song, old story, old… …

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  • 2twice-told — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: Middle English twies told 1. obsolete : counted twice : reckoned or added up two times 2. a. : narrated twice b …

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  • 3twice-told — adjective Date: circa 1597 well known from repeated telling used chiefly in the phrase a twice told tale …

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  • 4Twice-Told Tales — Infobox Book | name = Twice Told Tales title orig = translator = image caption = Cover of the first edition author = Nathaniel Hawthorne illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Short stories… …

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  • 5Tale of the shipwrecked sailor — The Tale of the shipwrecked sailor is an account of an Ancient Egyptian voyage to Punt written around 2200 BCE. Its textual artifacts include references to burnt offerings, incense, fragrant wood, ivory, grain, fruit, fish, fowl, and a giant… …

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  • 6Fairy tale — For a comparison of fairy tale with other kinds of stories, such as myths, legends and fables, see Traditional stories. For other uses, see Fairy tale (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Fairy Tail …

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  • 7A Tale of Two Cities — Infobox Book | name = A Tale of Two Cities title orig = translator = image caption = The title page of the first edition of A Tale of Two Cities . author = Charles Dickens cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre …

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  • 8The Winter's Tale — This article is about Shakespeare s play. For other uses, see Winter s Tale (disambiguation). Act II, scene 3: Antigonus swears his loyalty to Leontes, in an attempt to save Leontes young daughter s life. From a painting by John Opie… …

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  • 9The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale — The Wife of Bath s Tale and its Prologue are among the best known of Geoffrey Chaucer s Canterbury Tales . They give insight into the role of women in the Late Middle Ages and are probably of interest to Chaucer himself, for the character is one… …

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  • 10The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle —   …

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