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excrescence

 (n): something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
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8 months ago kad said:

"They had taken supper, an inedible excrescence, at a restaurant across the parking lot, in a booth beneath a faux Tiffany lamp, served by a spotty high school girl with an eerily keen smile and an imposingly cleft chin."

-- The Emperor's Children, by Claire Messud (page 454)

about 1 year ago oroboros said:

Why not post the actual sentence/citation for those without time or resource to find the book?

about 1 year ago Grammar said:

Bottom of page 65 of Life With Jeeves by Wodehouse.

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