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catchword definition

catch·word (-wʉrd′)

noun

  1. Historical the first word of a book page, printed in the lower right-hand corner of the preceding page to catch the binder's eye
  2. guide word
  3. an actor's cue
  4. a word or phrase repeated so often that it comes to epitomize a certain group, movement, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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