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interrogation mark

British  

noun

  1. a less common term for question mark

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Now, priest though I am, like you I see one gigantic interrogation mark written over sky and earth—and because of it I am grateful.

From Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin by Dawson, Coningsby

He stood agape, looking from one to the other of us, his fat good-natured face an interrogation mark.

From The Ivory Trail by Mundy, Talbot

If perchance you happen to misplace an accent, you shall see their eyebrows curl up like an interrogation mark, and they will ask you what authority you have for that pronunciation.

From Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things by Van Dyke, Henry

Dost thou recall Dot dot dash blank interrogation mark?

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn

Thus his two chums greeted our hero when he entered with the human interrogation mark in tow.

From Tom Fairfield's Pluck and Luck by Chapman, Allen

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