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An anonymous user added that definition (17 May 2006):
- 2. to come, go, be, or happen before somebody or something else in time
position, or importance
It seems to be a verb definition, but I've never heard of this definition for preamble before. --EncycloPetey 23:33, 17 May 2006 (UTC)Reply
This isn't covered (unless it's a deliberate misuse, painting the speaker as subliterate). Equinox ◑ 00:29, 21 January 2017 (UTC)Reply
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- “If you come to that,” answered the maid, “it is not my business to wait upon gentlemen. I have done it indeed sometimes; but the devil fetch me if ever I do again, since you make your preambles about it.”
Something that precedes, introduces, or leads up to something else
High winds as a preamble to a winter storm
--Backinstadiums (talk) 19:23, 7 October 2020 (UTC)Reply