QUOT: (kwot) Noun and collective noun.

A commonplace occurrence – any feature or characteristic of ordinary life which is ever present or predictable in given circumstances – a generalisation to this effect. From ‘QUOTIDIAN’ meaning ‘everyday’ or ‘ordinary’

People stopping outside restaurants just to read the menus for meals they couldn’t possibly afford

(Janet Spank , Craving-on-Floss .) - QQQQ*

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