wordstring

plural wordstrings

1. A string of words.

   For some researchers, the wordstrings that occur most often are the most interesting.

   2009, Roberta Corrigan, Formulaic language: distribution and historical change, page 36

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   But most linguists want to be more inclusive, and allow for the possibility that a wordstring can be semantically transparent and grammatically regular, but still be formulaic.

   2004, Norbert Schmitt, Formulaic sequences: acquisition, processing and use, page 250