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WktEN_sense_189261   

Instance of: lemon:LexicalSense
Property Value
lemon:definition Statement1
rdf:type lemon:SenseDefinition
lemon:value eng “If enough (perhaps false or reckless) accusations are made against a person (or organisation), his reputation will suffer, whether or not this is deserved.”
lemon:value eng “Possibly based on a technique of building wattle and daub walls by throwing daub (mud mixed with straw) at the wattle, throwing hard enough that some obtained a good key and remained in place, (cf. slapdash, a pebbledash effect produced by throwing pebbles at a rendered wall). Sense 2 is probably influenced by throw dirt enough, and some will stick.”
uby:definitionType “intensionalDefinition”
uby:statementType “etymology”
uby:index “2”
uby:monolingualExternalRef MonolingualExternalRef1
rdf:type uby:MonolingualExternalRef
uby:externalReference “458173:0:2”
uby:externalSystem “Wiktionary sense key”
uby:semanticLabel SemanticLabel1
rdf:type uby:SemanticLabel
uby:label “proverb”
uby:type “phrasemeClass”

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