deckle-edged

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Adjective

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deckle-edged

  1. (of paper) Having a deckle edge.
  2. (figuratively) Rough-edged like uncut paper.
    • 1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine, Faber, page 116:
      We turn a corner and the world becomes a pattern of arteries, splashed with silver and deckle-edged with shadow.

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