excrescence
Example Sentences
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One British news report from the era featured an interview with a bloke on the street who described it as “an abortion — it’s an excrescence.”
From Los Angeles Times
The ceiling was unbreached, the man said, and added, a little starchily, that the excrescence clearly was what it appeared to be.
From Washington Post
These excrescences can’t be good for the tree, but they sure make it distinctive.
From Washington Post
“Do you take this excrescence to be your husband?”
From Washington Post
To press a button and see your own excrescence appear in the preordained format, minted, can feel like a kind of magic.
From The Guardian
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