magical word
magical word noun: synonym of magic word.
Noun
magical word (plural magical words)
- Synonym of magic word.
- IN December, 1917, General [Edmund] Allenby captured Jerusalem. Like every well-informed British officer, he kept before him the needs of the Empire. Some one whispered the magical word "potash" to him. He had Major T[homas] G[regory] Tulloch, a competent engineer, sent to survey the possibilities...1932 October 30, Waldemar Kaempffert, “THE WEEK IN SCIENCE: RUBBER FROM THE MILK OF DANDELIONS; […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from...
- “They are upset,” Mr. [Cecil William] Stoughton quoted Mr. [Kenneth] Walker, the director, as saying. “What,” Mr. Walker reportedly asked “were you doing there?” “That word ‘they’ is the magical word, I suppose,” Mr. Stoughton said. “I do know he [Mr. Walker] got that picture from the White House....1973 February 28, James T. Wooten, “Visible Photographer Loses U.S. job”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Feb 2018
- Synonyms:
- magic word
Examples of magical word in a sentence
- Some one whispered the magical word "potash" to him.1932 October 30, Waldemar Kaempffert, “THE WEEK IN SCIENCE: RUBBER FROM THE MILK OF DANDELIONS; […]”, in The New York Times, New York...
- Walker reportedly asked “were you doing there?” “That word ‘they’ is the magical word, I suppose,” Mr.1973 February 28, James T. Wooten, “Visible Photographer Loses U.S. job”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times...
- “Abraxas,” according to the Dictionary of Witchcraft, was a god in certain Asian theogonies, whose name yielded the magical word “abracadabra.”1974 July 20, “On Hyde Park Stage, Actors Get a Chance to Struggle”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company...
- Let’s start today with our children, by encouraging them to always say that wonderful, magical word: please.2016 November 21, Bill O’Reilly, “About This Book”, in Bill O’Reilly, James Patterson, Give Please a Chance, London: Young Arrow, →ISBN:
Synonyms of magical word
Forms of magical word
| plural | magical words |
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Questions about magical word
- What does magical word mean?
- Magical word means synonym of magic word.
- How do you use magical word in a sentence?
- Some one whispered the magical word "potash" to him.
- What part of speech is magical word?
- Magical word is a noun.
- What is the plural of magical word?
- The plural of magical word is magical words.
Words near magical word in the dictionary
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