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cause celebre

noun

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  1. Alternative spelling of cause célèbre.

    • Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, who died this week, was a boxer in the United States. He was convicted of a 1966 triple homicide in two trials and became a cause celebre, inspiring Bob Dylan's song Hurricane.

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