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cobweb

Noun

Meaning

The network spread by a spider to catch its prey.

A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant and unwary.

That which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; rubbish.

The European spotted flycatcher.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The most sensible people to be met with in society are men of business and of the world, who argue from what they see and know, instead of spinning cobweb distinctions of what things ought to be. William Hazlitt

Business is not just doing deals; business is having great products, doing great engineering, and providing tremendous service to customers. Finally, business is a cobweb of human relationships. Ross Perot

To James's intimates, however, these elaborate hesitancies, far from being an obstacle, were like a cobweb bridge flung from his mind to theirs, an invisible passage over which one knew that silver-footed ironies, veiled jokes, tiptoe malices, were stealing to explode a huge laugh at one's feet. Edith Wharton

You must kill the spider to get rid of the cobweb. Maltese Proverb

A spider's cobweb isn't only its sleeping spring but also its food trap. African Proverb

Friends tie thier purse with a cobweb thread. English Proverb

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