scars

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The cat left its marks on Sweeny's neck and the scars are there today as plain as twenty-seven years ago.

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  1. noun A mark left on the skin after a surface injury or wound has healed.
  2. noun A lingering sign of damage or injury, either mental or physical: nightmares, anxiety, and other enduring scars of wartime experiences.
  3. noun Botany A mark indicating a former attachment, as of a leaf to a stem.
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  • The rock and my scars were the only physical evidence that I had that any of it had been real. —  Hobb, Robin - The Soldier Son 01 - Shaman's Crossing (v2.0)
  • I felt glad that my own country's flag had a place there, although Campbell's lines United States, your banner wears Two emblems,—one of fame Alas, the other that it bears Reminds us of your shame The white man's liberty in types Stands blazoned by your stars But what's the meaning of your stripes They mean your Negro-scars were at the time continually running through my mind. —  Three Years in Europe
  • In healing the scars were such in places as form over burns. —  The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)
  • Some of the scars are three and four inches long. —  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864
  • She did not flinch at the sight of my scars, and met my gaze without dropping her eyes You are a stranger. —  The Door Through Space
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