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Subject: Re: What is this figure of speech called?
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Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:46:47 +0000, Frederick Williams did cat :
> What is the figure of speech called in which one uses the name of a
> thing in place of the names of one or more people? E.g. 'England' for a
> particular group of football players, or 'No. 10 issued a statement' for
> 'The PM's spokesman issued a statement.'
metonymy, though I guess you'd also need to check "synecdo[cq]ue".
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