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an attention-getting word or phrase used to publicize something (as a campaign or product)<we knew that their claim of giving “the best deal in town” was just a shibboleth>— see slogan
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an idea or expression that has been used by many people<thereʼs a lot of truth in the shibboleth that crime does not pay>— see commonplace
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