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1. zeugma; syllepsisGrammar
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2. ZeugmaZeugma (from the Greek: ζεῦγμα, zeûgma, meaning "bond") is a figure of speech in which two or more parts of a sentence are joined with a single common verb or noun. A zeugma employs both ellipsis, the omission of words which are easily understood, and parallelism, the balance of several words or phrases. The result is a series of similar phrases joined or yoked together by a common and implied noun or verb.
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