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fesh-fesh

fesh-fesh noun: fine dust (sand) that looks like solid ground but behaves like soft mud.

Noun

fesh-fesh (uncountable)

  1. Fine dust (sand) that looks like solid ground but behaves like soft mud.
    • Then he plummeted into the desert and struck the fesh-fesh with ghastly impact.1985, Richard Sale, For the president's eyes only
    • The markers returned but the fesh-fesh was becoming worse. There had been a recent sandstorm.1987, Trevor Mostyn, Coming of age in the Middle East, page 40

Origin of fesh-fesh

From Arabic [Term?]

Questions about fesh-fesh

What does fesh-fesh mean?
Fesh-fesh means fine dust (sand) that looks like solid ground but behaves like soft mud.
What part of speech is fesh-fesh?
Fesh-fesh is a noun.

Words near fesh-fesh in the dictionary

  1. fescues
  2. fescuing
  3. Fesdhoo
  4. fesenjan
  5. fesh fesh
  6. fesh-fesh
  7. Feshbach
  8. Feshbach resonance
  9. Feshbach resonances
  10. FESHE
  11. feshfesh

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