EXAMPLE
NOUNS
► ABE the last of anything; the only example → 1900s Aust. criminals’ sl.
► ACE a single example → 1910s US sl.
► CHANCE a specimen, an example → 1830 Amer. dial.
► EXCEPTION a noteworthy example → 1906 Amer. dial.
► PARABLE something that may be pointed to as an example or illustration to follow or to avoid → c1880 Eng. dial.
► PARADIGM a pattern, exemplar, example → 1483
► PATTERN-CARD a good example → 1843 Eng. dial.
► SAMPLER example to be imitated; a model, a pattern; the original from which a copy is or may be taken → a1300 obs.
► WOPCACKER a superlative example of something → 1941 Aust. sl.
VERBS
► PARADIGMATIZE to set forth as a model, to make an example of → 1647 obs.
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