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Z eugma
   A figure of speech that contains one word in relation to two words, but only corresponds correctly to one of the words.

   (ex. Shakespeare's "Henry V" :    "Kill the boys and the luggage!".
   The verb "kill" does not work with the word "luggage". It would need a word like "destroy" to finish the statement.)

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