Collectanea

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A selective collection of passages from various sources or by various authors; an anthology. plural, plural-only

    "Some of the more familiar conjugations of verbs in the American common speech, as recorded by Charters or Lardner or derived from my own collectanea, are here set down: […]"

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"Some of the more familiar conjugations of verbs in the American common speech, as recorded by Charters or Lardner or derived from my own collectanea, are here set down: […]"

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