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What is a cautionary tale?

What is a cautionary tale? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A story told in folklore to warn its hearer of a certain danger.
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There is something of the cautionary tale to this piece, but it's done without an ounce of preachiness.
It probably is a cautionary tale for the rest of us who are in this end of the business.
The life of this wrecked if gallant woman has become, not the cautionary tale it was in 1970, but an achievement to applaud.
The story has become a cautionary tale for any idealistic young cartoonist working in Hollywood today.
Rolfe insists that the story was told to him by his brother as a cautionary tale.
The result is a grimly effective, if overlong, mix of cautionary tale, ghost story, and psychological thriller.

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