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Wall

A vertical, solid brick, plaster, or stone structural partition demarcating or enclosing a room.

First in use: ancient / pre-modern
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Wall (Facebook)

A dedicated public message board space on a social media profile where other accounts publish text and media.

First in use: c. 2004

Wall / Wall / Wall (Facebook)

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Bricks vs. Facebook.

Which meaning of Wall is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Wall came first (ancient / pre-modern). Wall (Facebook) arrived in 2004. The data below shows which one owns the word now.

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Wall

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Duplicate · c. 2004

Wall (Facebook)

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