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a brief account of something interesting that happened especially to one personally
- told us once again that anecdote about the dog and the bike
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“Anecdote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anecdote. Accessed 26 Feb. 2021.
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The first known use of anecdote was in 1718
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