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PROCRUSTES

\pɹə͡ʊkɹˈʌsts], \pɹə‍ʊkɹˈʌsts], \p_ɹ_əʊ_k_ɹ_ˈʌ_s_t_s]\

Definitions of PROCRUSTES

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A celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica, who tied his victims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either stretched or cut of their legs to adapt them to its length; -- whence the metaphorical phrase, the bed of Procrustes.

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