zeugma|zeugmas in English
noun
figure of speech in which a word is used to govern two or more words in the same sentence having different senses (e.g.: Mary and her driving licence expired last month"), syllepsis
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1. Diadumenianus, son of Macrinus, escapes to the Parthian court, but is captured at Zeugma and also put to death.
2. Bloodnoun pickleworm ? pannus aniseikonia syllepsis anisocoria zeugma seiche hippus eustacy anacoluthon ? Dutch gold ormolu tombac oroide billon pinchbeck Prince Rupert's metal Mannheim gold skewing clinquant latten ? panopticon glabella quaquaversal zugzwang linn …