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
He had gone away dog-tired, his nerves deckle-edged, and almost willing to give in and give up.
From Time Magazine Archive
But this proposition of yours is the deckle-edged limit and no mistake.
From Every Man for Himself by Moorhouse, Hopkins
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