ANECDOTE
NOUNS
► HISTORIETTE an historical treatise on a small scale; a short history or story; an anecdote → 1704
► NANNY-GOAT an anecdote → 1860 rhyming sl.
► ONE an anecdote, an amusing story, a joke → L19 sl.
► UNCOUTH a quaint or novel anecdote → 1790 Eng. dial.
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