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Sometimes, function defers to symbol – very much so in the case of the poorly plumbed, freezing cold, uncleanable, leaking-roofed Hancox.

From The Guardian • Jun. 26, 2010

A $10,000 wooden figurine of Kuan Yin, a Chinese goddess of mercy, was decapitated and a $35,000 sable coat so saturated with smoke that Marcus deemed it uncleanable.

From Time Magazine Archive