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miscellany

noun [S] (BOOK)    /mɪˈsel.ə.ni/
a book containing a collection of pieces of writing either by different writers or by one writer on different subjects: She's just finished editing "A Miscellany of English Cookery".Groups and collections of thingsVariety and mixturesKinds of books
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