Locution \Lo*cu"tion\ (l[-o]*k[=u]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. locutio, fr.
   loqui to speak: cf. F. locution. ]
   Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression.
   " Stumbling locutions." --G. Eliot.
   
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         I hate these figures in locution,
         These about phrases forced by ceremony.  --Marston.
   
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