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Dream on quiet hilltop, immersed in proverb (5)

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pshaw

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'dream on quiet hilltop immersed in proverb' is the definition.
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'quiet hilltop immersed in proverb' is the wordplay.
'quiet' becomes 'p' (music symbol for 'piano', ie soft or quiet).
'hilltop' becomes 'h' (top of the word 'hill').
'immersed in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'proverb' becomes 'saw' (synonyms).
'h' placed inside 'saw' is 'shaw'.
'p'+'shaw'='PSHAW'

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(Other definitions for pshaw that I've seen before include "Voice impatience" , "Exclamation of contempt" , "Contemptuous cry" , "Contemptuous expression" , "Expression of impatience" .)

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