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Meanings
- habit (usu. a bad one), tendency
- peculiarity, idiosyncrasy, mannerism, quirk
- crease, wrinkle, curl, kink
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He has a habit of touching his hair when he talks.
The habit of biting one's nails is hard to break.
This paper has gotten a crease in it and won't flatten out properly.
She seems to have a quirk of tilting her head when she thinks.
A habit built up over many years is not something that can easily be changed unless you consciously try to fix it.
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