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Catchword

noun

A favorite saying of a sect or political group. Synonyms: motto, shibboleth, slogan.

A word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page. Synonyms: guide word, guideword.

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"Catchword" Quotes from Famous Books

... (second l. c. alphabet) occurs a large woodcut of the Prince of Wales' badge with the initials H. P. (i.e. Prince Henry). The present copy differs from the three preserved in the BM, which have collation a-b^4, 1 leaf unsigned (necessitated by the catchword, but only preserved in one copy), A-D^4, D 3, 4, 2 leaves unsigned, E-G^{4} (G 4 blank, only preserved ...

— Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge • W. W. Greg

... yet; but it certainly does prove that he is going somewhere soon, even if only to the fortress of Peter and Paul. There may be some very simple explanation of the rumor. "You go to Barcelona!" may be a jocular Muscovite catchword, similar to our old saying about going to Halifax, and Trotzky may have said it to Lenine. At any rate it shows that the gold dust twins are not inseparable. It shows that Bolshevism in Russia is either very ...

— Mince Pie • Christopher Darlington Morley

Words linked to "Catchword" : catchphrase, battle cry, cry, guide word, locution, watchword, slogan, mantra, saying, expression, word, rallying cry, motto, war cry, catch phrase