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- noun idiomatic A
presence thatmars one'senjoyment by causingguilt or reviving unwelcome memories.
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After Banquo in Shakespeare's Macbeth (1606); Macbeth murders Banquo, whose ghost subsequently appears at a feast, unseen by all but Macbeth.
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