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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Margarine Substitute (A). A mere imitation. Just as margarine is an imitation and substitute of butter. "Between a real etching and that margarine substitute a pen-and-ink drawing ... the difference is this: the margarine substitute is essentially flat ... but true etching is in sensible relief."- Nineteenth Century, May 1891, p. 780. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
margarine substitute | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 41 52 47 41 52 49 4E 45 53 55 42 53 54 49 54 55 54 45 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01000001 01010010 01000111 01000001 01010010 01001001 01001110 01000101 00100000 01010011 01010101 01000010 01010011 01010100 01001001 01010100 01010101 01010100 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M A R G A R I N E   S U B S T I T U T E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0041 0052 0047 0041 0052 0049 004E 0045 0053 0055 0042 0053 0054 0049 0054 0055 0054 0045 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)473552413552434839253553653544354555439 |
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