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noun
- (Judaism) any of the Five Scrolls of the Hebrew Scriptures (Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes and Esther) to be read on certain days, especially Esther read at the festival of Purim
- any long, boring story
- 1997: "You can"t name it. It"s too big or evil or outside your experience. It"s also shit because it"s garbage, it"s waste material. But I"m making a whole big out of this. What I really want to get at is the ordinary thing, the ordinary life behind the thing." " Don DeLillo?, Underworld
Etymology: Hebrew, literally "scroll".
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