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anecdote
Synonyms and Antonyms of anecdote
a brief account of something interesting that happened especially to one personally told us once again that anecdote about the dog and the bike Synonyms story, tale, yarnRelated Words episode, event, happening, incident, occurrence; recital, recitation
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