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byword
mastery UK /ˈbaɪ.wə(ɹ)d/ US /ˈbaɪ.wɚd/noun
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What does 'byword' mean in this sentence?
"I know you and Harry are inseparable. Surely for that reason, if for none other, you should not have made his sister's name a by-word."