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Translingual
Etymology
A dash three ems in width. Compare the em dash (—), which is a single em in width.
Symbol
⸻
- Separates titles, subtitles, chapter numbers, comments, and the body text.
- 1843, Harvard University, The Symbol and Odd Fellows' Magazine, Volumes 1-2 (in English), Harvard University, page 223:
- Original.
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- THE HISTORY OF A FIVE FRANC PIECE.
- BY P. G. L. WYMAN, JR.
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- IN TWELVE CHAPTERS⸻CHAPTER II.
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- Soon a man of respectable appearance, whom I took for a laborer, came in and […]
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