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  • noun sociology Behaviour at the edge of what is normally allowed or accepted; risky or radical behaviour.

Etymologies

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edge +‎ work

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Examples

  • Andis 'T-Outliner would typically be found in a barbershop, generally used for edgework.

    Cool Tools 2010

  • Beautiful vintage round silverplate Levenger trinket box, 4″ in diamater, featuring beaded edgework and green velvet interior.

    We Blog A Lot 2009

  • The tracks are lengthy and sizable one is nearly an hour, at 50 megabytes, and it’ll take a while to work through ‘em, but it doesn’t hurt to start off with the most recent: Kyoto, Japan-based Mag Necro’s half-hour guitar performance, a suffering soundscape of improvisatory edgework.

    Disquiet » Noisejihad MP3 2005

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