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James Wood
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Aleksander Hemon
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skeins
(en)
a length of thread or yarn, loosely coiled and knotted
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the better to produce a skein of intellectual costume drama
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the better to produce a skein of intellectual costume drama
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welkin
(en)
(noun) the vault of the sky; firmament / (noun) the celestial abode of God or the gods; heaven / (noun) the upper atmosphere
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She had the bright, open face that always reminded me of the vast midwestern welkin.
Weird word. quoting Aleksander Hemon
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She had the bright, open face that always reminded me of the vast midwestern welkin.
Weird word. quoting Aleksander Hemon
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7 years, 3 months ago
deracination
(en)
(verb) uproot / (verb) to remove or separate from a native environment or culture / (verb) to remove the racial or ethnic characteristics or influences from
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deracinated escapees from an ancient European empire
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deracinated escapees from an ancient European empire
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