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[n] using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in `he ran and jumped and laughed for joy')

The repetition of conjunctions (in close proximity)  e.g. 'and' in The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll by Bob Dylan.

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rhetorical device

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