Cryptic crossword clue
One line rejected in adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby, say 12

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 12 letter word ALLITERATION

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What does ALLITERATION mean?

ALLITERATION noun
  1. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals.
  2. The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.

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