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lint

[lint] / lɪnt /


NOUN
fluff
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His escape hatch came from a chance conversation with a dog owner who was excited to have found a bigger-than-normal lint roller.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

Thirteen billion dollars, beaten by a lint trap.

From MarketWatch May 21, 2026

On the fifth floor, inspectors said, inmates were triple-bunked in a hot cell block where the air conditioners were filled with lint.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2024

As he put it, “The speed of light is never going to go out of style. Gravity, lint, signs, time itself, is not going to go out of style.”

From Salon May 22, 2024

Welp, here goes nothing....I blow off a piece of lint and stick the thing into my mouth.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston




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