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wrinkleý n. dodge, gimmick, device, ploy, ruse, scheme, trick, idea,
plan, plot, stunt, way, approach, technique, method, Slang
chiefly Brit wheeze: Leave it to Edmund to come up with a new
wrinkle for fleecing pensioners.
write v. 1 pen, scribble, get off, dash off; indite, inscribe, make
out: I was writing you a note when you phoned. She wrote out a
cheque for œ1000. 2 correspond (with), send a letter or a note
or a postcard or US also a postal card, communicate (with): You
don't write home often enough. Write and let me know when you
get a job. 3 compose, create, make up, author: We saw the house
in which Elgar wrote the 'Enigma' Variations. 4 write down. a
register, list, catalogue, note, make a note or notation,
record, transcribe, set or jot or take down, note, put in
writing, put in black and white: The teacher was known for
Irish bulls like, 'All absent students must write down their
names'. b derogate, decry, disparage, put down, minimize, make
little of, play down, detract, belittle: Cumberland's
contributions have been written down by his critics. 5 write
off. delete, cancel, disregard, ignore, forgive, forget (about),
annul, eradicate, erase: The bad debts have been written off.
writer n. author, novelist, litt‚rateur, essayist, man of letters,
scribe, scribbler, wordsmith, freelancer, penny-a-liner, hack,
Grub Streeter, journalist, newsman, reporter, correspondent,
member of the fourth estate, (gossip) columnist, stringer, Brit
paragraphist, US paragrapher, Colloq pen-pusher, pencil-pusher,
sob sister, Brit journo: These days all those who know how to
write call themselves writers.
writing n. 1 handwriting, longhand, penmanship, script, calligraphy or
chirography, scribble: I sometimes have trouble reading your
writing. 2 Sometimes, writings. (literary) work(s),
composition, theme, book, article, critique, criticism, review,
editorial, column, expos‚, essay, poetry, poem, novel,
non-fiction, fiction, document, letter, correspondence,
publication, Chiefly Brit journalism leading article or leader,
Chiefly US journalism op-ed article: Her writing has been
widely published. Poe's writings are collected in this book. 3
literature, belles-lettres, letters: I don't agree that British
writing has declined since 1900.