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Topic: LETTERS AND PUNCTUATION

Date: 1800-1900
Origin: and (&) per se and '(the character) & by itself (is the word) and'

ampersand

 noun
     
am‧per‧sand [countable]
SLA the sign '&' that means 'and':
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