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The Answer
NICKNAME
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Notes
The answer NICKNAME is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
NICKNAME as a noun:
1. (nickname, moniker, cognomen, sobriquet, soubriquet, byname) = a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname was Slim"
2. a descriptive name for a place or thing; "the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'"
NICKNAME as a verb:
1. (dub, nickname) = give a nickname to