deckle-edged
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of deckle-edged
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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She was seen as a natural successor, yet she operates from a different vantage from that of many of her peers, who base decisions on deckle-edged intuition.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2020
Books also furnished the room, including the poems of Rumi and a deckle-edged paperback of Kerouac’s “On the Road.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2019
Too many poems are just deckle-edged snapshots in words.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2011
The "precious object" tradition of the artist's print, with its small size, deckle-edged refinement and rigidly traditional techniques, suited neither the epic scale nor the conceptual thrust of new American art.
From Time Magazine Archive
A word from me was more to them than a whole deckle-edged library from East Aurora in sectional bookcases was from anybody else.
From Roads of Destiny by Henry, O.
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