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peeling

[pee-ling] / ˈpi lɪŋ /
NOUN
bark
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STRONGEST


NOUN
exfoliation
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No more peeling potatoes, working out complicated cooking times and no more washing up.

From BBC

Meanwhile, China began to defuse the "Three Brotherhood Alliance" -- peeling away two of its factions based along its border with truces.

From Barron's

"We have been concerned about patches of damp, about all sorts of ramifications of damp wallpaper peeling off the walls and things like that," she said.

From BBC

She then spent a year peeling vegetables in a French restaurant before moving to London and refining her craft in several more restaurant kitchens, including one at the Dorchester hotel.

From The Wall Street Journal

The boys would often cut the sugarcane, peeling it to suck out the sweetness.

From The Wall Street Journal