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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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proverb
Used to emphasize the annual distinctiveness of Christmas, especially in contexts where either the special joys or tribulations of the holiday are described.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Apparently coined by the English poet Thomas Tusser (c. 1524 – 1580): see the 1580 quotation.
