Definitions
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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of
sandpaper ;rough andabrasive .
Etymologies
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sandpaper + -ish
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Examples
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He could feel the pressure of the floor on his soles and heels, and the mildly sandpaperish smoothness of the inside cloth of his trousers on the skin of his legs.
The Battle of Forever Van Vogt, A. E. 1971
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