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Metonymy- the substitution of one object by another on the basis of their common existence in reality. Metonymy is also the rhetorical strategy of describing something indirectly by referring to things around it, as in describing someone's clothing to characterize the individual.
For instance, The House was called to order (means that the 'members' of a House< assuming that it's a House of Parliament or House of Representatives, were clled to order.
Next example: in Hamlet, one can find many references like the ghost of Hamlet's father refering to his murderer as the serpent that did sting thy father's life. Another mention is where Polonius instucts his son Laertes to give every man thy ear to say tha he must listen to what other people have to say.
And the last example: We have always remained loyal to the crown(means that the crown symbolizes the king of a particular country.
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