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proverbial

 adjective
     
pro‧ver‧bi‧al
1

the proverbial something

used when you describe something using part of a well-known expression:
The store had everything including the proverbial kitchen sink.
2SL relating to a proverb:
3 well-known by a lot of people:
His modesty is proverbial.
—proverbially adverb
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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