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mark_of_Cain

mark of Cain

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Noun

mark of Cain (plural marks of Cain)

  1. A stigma of shame
    • 2009 September 28, Seumas Milne, “No Progress for New Labour”, in The Guardian:
      ... leader with "no guts to take on his own party" – the ultimate mark of Cain in the Blairite world view.

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