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noun 
  1. A period of excellent performance, where nearly everything seems to go right, work properly, and contrasting with a more general lower level of performance.
(The England team hit a just after half-time, where they scored 3 goals in 10 minutes, but in the end they were lucky to escape with a 3-3 draw.)
  1. An ornate or elaborate section of a written work, a patch of purple prose

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