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from The Century Dictionary.

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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective having a rough edge; having a deckle edge; -- used of handmade paper or paper resembling handmade.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective rough edged like uncut paper

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having a rough edge; used of handmade paper or paper resembling handmade

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Examples

  • But I don't like the maroon bands at top and bottom - for some reason that makes me expect it to be either a collection of short stories or a big floppy unwieldy trade paperback with deckle-edged pages (these connotations may be specific to me).

    Book Cover Smackdown! Panverse One vs. Madness of Flowers vs. The God Engines 2009

  • Confetti was scattered across the table, and fancy deckle-edged place cards sat at each plate.

    The Haunted Jessica Verday 2010

  • Participants in the National Book Critics Circle panel on the future of book reviews chatted about e-galleys, the elegance of deckle-edged pages and the perils e-blast publicity in a Book Expo America session that registered fewer sparks than the one in 2009.

    No More Verdicts From On High: Are Book Reviewers Changing To Keep Up With The Age Of Engagement? 2010

  • Ms. LEE ROSENBAUM (Writer, Wall Street Journal, CultureGrrl): You have a little, deckle-edged Ansel Adams of a stream that - you know, with the deckle edge that we used to have on our Polaroids back when we did our snapshots.

    What's A Picture Worth? Polaroid Auctions Photos 2010

  • Having moved past my love of the feel and weight of the book with its rough cut, deckle-edged pages I then actually hadn't got a clue what to expect.

    57 entries from March 2007 2007

  • Having moved past my love of the feel and weight of the book with its rough cut, deckle-edged pages I then actually hadn't got a clue what to expect.

    Springtime in Paris 2007

  • Having moved past my love of the feel and weight of the book with its rough cut, deckle-edged pages I then actually hadn't got a clue what to expect.

    Springtime in Paris 2007

  • Gouache, watercolour over digital fine art print on deckle-edged paper

    Bob Dylan, the Painter 2007

  • Watercolour over digital fine art print on deckle-edged paper

    Bob Dylan, the Painter 2007

  • Gouache, watercolour over digital fine art print on deckle-edged paper

    Bob Dylan, the Painter 2007

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