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clique:


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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
clique /kliːk/
noun a small close-knit group of people who do not readily allow others to join them.
– derivatives
cliquey adjective,
cliquish adjective,
cliquishness noun.
– origin C18: from Fr., from OFr. cliquer ‘make a noise’.



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