skeins
(en)
a length of thread or yarn, loosely coiled and knotted
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skeins
skein
Above the city buildings the sky was blue and pale with light, drawn across by thin skeins of transparent cloud.
pretty
notable
4 years, 5 months ago
rosarylike skeins of explicit ideology
uncertain
7 years, 8 months ago
the constantly shifting skein of metaphors
notable
7 years, 3 months ago
the better to produce a skein of intellectual costume drama
notable
7 years, 3 months ago