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Especially; also, separately, individually, in detail. For example, The chancellor talked about the curriculum, the core courses in particular, or The orchestra was outstanding, the strings in particular. [c. 1500]

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In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…

candystring

candyfloss

candypuff

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It has been reserved for our own day to evolve the comedy of nothing-in-particular.
Mr. Punch at the Play|Various
Allan Dorris, if you are from Nowhere-in-Particular, you are at home again.
The Mystery of the Locks|Edgar Watson Howe
"Allan Dorris, from Nowhere-in-Particular," he mutters after he is seated, and while watching his steaming garments.
The Mystery of the Locks|Edgar Watson Howe
But at worst there are always birthdays or, for nursery gifts, those even more apt occasions known as Nothing-in-particular Days.
Punch, Or the London Charivari, Volume 148, January 6th, 1915|Various

Poor Janet, utterly ignorant of the cause, and knowing not whither she was bound, rode a mad ride to nowhere-in-particular.
The Wrong Woman|Charles D. Stewart

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