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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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One would think the lovely Pleiades themselves came every night on a long journey to look at the board walk with an interrogation mark in every twinkle.

From See America First by Orville O. Hiestand

Carleton scowled perplexedly at the letter, scrawled Tommy Regan's initials at the bottom of the sheet, plus an interrogation mark, and put it in the master mechanic's basket.

From The Night Operator by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard

The interrogation mark which accentuated this "well" signified: "it seems to me that one may remain concealed here?"

From Les Misérables by Isabel Florence Hapgood

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

From The Ivory Trail by Talbot Mundy

It's headed, 'A New Cult,' with an interrogation mark after it.

From The Miracle Man by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard

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