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hint

/hɪnt/ interjection C2
  1. Signifies that something previously said should be taken as a hint or heeded closely. · And yes, as long as you are being a good coder and engaging in safe practices, nothing should go wrong. (Hint, hint.)
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Alice glanced rather anxiously at the cook, to see if she meant to take the hint; but the cook was busily stirring the soup, and seemed not to be listening, so she went on again: “Twenty-four hours, I _think_; or is it twelve?
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 43 · B2
For instance, suppose it were nine o’clock in the morning, just time to begin lessons: you’d only have to whisper a hint to Time, and round goes the clock in a twinkling!
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 52 · B2
I gave him a good broad hint.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 179 · C1
She liked the delicious hint of fragrance, as some aerial benediction, above her every time she moved.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 316 · C1

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