Elevated recreation involving English figures of speech (6)

I believe the answer is:

tropes

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'figures of speech' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for tropes that I've seen before include "Poster for figures of speech" , "Figures of speech, figurative usages of words" , "Figures of speech - pest or what?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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