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deckle-edged

deckle-edged adjective: having a deckle edge.

Adjective

deckle-edged

  1. Having a deckle edge.
    • From-time to time the book tilted and wobbled in his lap, and the weight of the deckle-edged pages pressed on his erection through the sleek black nylon.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 11, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN
  2. (figuratively) Rough-edged like uncut paper.
    • We turn a corner and the world becomes a pattern of arteries, splashed with silver and deckle-edged with shadow.1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine, Faber, page 116

Questions about deckle-edged

What does deckle-edged mean?
Deckle-edged means having a deckle edge.
What part of speech is deckle-edged?
Deckle-edged is an adjective.

Words near deckle-edged in the dictionary

  1. decking up
  2. deckings
  3. deckle
  4. deckle edge
  5. deckle edges
  6. deckle-edged
  7. deckled
  8. deckles
  9. deckless
  10. decklid
  11. decklids

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