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Line dismissed by travelling salesmen as a group (2,5)

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en masse

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'as a group' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for en masse that I've seen before include "Many as one" , "All together as a group" , "In a group U altogether" , "Sees man (anag.)" , "in concert" .)

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