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Fossil word
word that is broadly obsolete but remains in current use due to its presence within an idiom
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A
fossil word
is a word that isn't used anymore except in one
idiom
or
phrase
.
Examples
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fro
in "to and fro"
helter skelter
riddance
in "good riddance"
shebang
in "the whole shebang"
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