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strangelyrouge (1045 words)
appears in these lists:
the big list, by sumit
to be precise, by sumit
stragglers, by trivet
Words I like, by dornyika
the catch-all, by rolig
, by telofy
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Ah yes, rolig... Artisanal labor. :)
I like this word in both its direct meanings: "cobble" as in cobblestone, and "cobble" as in "repair shoes". But I really like the figurative usage that derives from this second meaning, as in "to cobble something together". A nice image of low-tech premodern industriousness.
is defined by the Udden-Wentworth scale as being between 64 and 256 millimetres in diameter.