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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The Palace of Justice - a terrible misnomer - was set on fire by the workers.
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The term "black-headed gull" is something of a misnomer , since the bird's head is actually brown.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It is possible that this statement commits us to a misnomer at the outset.
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It was not a careers forum and he reckoned that that title was a misnomer .
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King crab is, in fact, a misnomer .