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McGuffin

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Noun1.McGuffin - (film) a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot; "the McGuffin was a key element of Alfred Hitchcock's films"
MacGuffin
plot element - a component or element of the plot of a story
cinema, film, celluloid - a medium that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events"
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; three daughters, Susan and her husband William Thiesing of Grafton, Sheri and her husband Donald McGuffin of Clifton, IL.
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