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Succedaneum   Listen
noun
Succedaneum  n.  (pl. succedanea)  One who, or that which, succeeds to the place of another; that which is used for something else; a substitute; specifically (Med.), A remedy used as a substitute for another. "In lieu of me, you will have a very charming succedaneum, Lady Harriet Stanhope."





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"Succedaneum" Quotes from Famous Books



... has been consumed; many families are now living upon food scarcely fit for hogs." And again: "I am very much afraid that Government will not find free trade, with all the employment we can give, a succedaneum for the loss of the potato." Doubtless Colonel Jones soon discovered such views as these to be distasteful to his superiors; so, like a prudent servant, he puts them aside, and in his after communications adopts the ...
— The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) - With Notices Of Earlier Irish Famines • John O'Rourke


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