Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A term loosely applied to various patches of increased pigmentation in the skin.

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Examples

  • A freckle to eradicate, a wrinkle to remove, a moth-patch to bleach, a grey hair to dye; nothing was impossible here, not even credulity.

    Half a Rogue Harold MacGrath 1901

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