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Figurative stamp of good quality
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hallmark
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
A hallmark is an official mark or series of marks struck on items made of precious metals— platinum , gold , silver and in some nations, palladium . In a more general sense, the term hallmark can also be used to refer to any distinguishing characteristic. ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB bear ▪ It also bears the hallmarks of a long-cherished project. ▪ The attack bore all the hallmarks of a loyalist murder bid. ▪ Whatever it was, it didn't bear the hallmark of life in Knockglen. ▪ In singling out gay ...
Usage examples of hallmark.
Ladies of Perpetual Disgruntlement, both in the Bay Area and across the state, but none were certain, since they lacked the hallmark humor.
In the morning, I attended Gunter at his breakfast, serving him with the unobtrusive grace that was a hallmark of Cereus House.
This experience convinced Menzies that the Liberal Party had abandoned the enlightened tendencies that had been a hallmark of its administration during the immediate postwar years.
This has been the hallmark of all the great natural philosophers and physicians.
That harmony with surroundings tended to be a hallmark of neopagans in general and Wiccans in particular.
True, a few scholarships and exhibitions exist which must be filled by men whose talents do not run to means, but those who last soon acquire the hallmarks of a Porterhouse man.
As we passed down the hall, I saw everywhere the hallmarks of pride and craftsmanship, from the smallest, polished turnbuckle to the handles of cursory valves and spigots to the brass railings and handholds that were in such abundance on board.
When all had arrived, surrounded her feet, and looked up at her with that ethereal patience that seems to be the hallmark of cold-blooded animals, Lucy passed two bowls over to Leah and watched as her granddaughter fed the turtles raw hamburger and lettuce.
Hallmark, Nielsen, and Meder were taken in handcuffs by boat from Wenchow to Shanghai, arriving on April 24.
It was folly for a Coronal to be roaming the jungles of Piurifayne with so skimpy an entourage: but folly seemed to have become the hallmark of recent Coronals, Valentine thought, considering that his two predecessors, Malibor and Voriax, had met early and violent deaths while off doing foolish things.
ROC declared to listeners of the morning program that it had all the hallmarks of an inter faction shooting.
Across the street, a pink-haired little old lady was readjusting her purse, her aluminum walker, and the white and red plastic bag of Hallmark products she had just purchased.
As for Latin, she had managed to move beyond the flagrant guessing that is the hallmark of most beginners.
Key hallmarks of this transition included the development of agriculture, metallurgy, complex technology, centralized government, and writing.
Similar tribal organization in the past is inferred from archaeological evidence of settlements that were substantial but lacked the archaeological hallmarks of chiefdoms that I shall explain below.