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brim

noun as in edge of object, usually the top

verb as in flow over the top

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Last June, on a sweaty summer evening, in our 550-square-foot Brooklyn apartment filled to the brim with towers of stacked moving boxes, my partner and I took a final appraisal of what our cross-country move to New York City had officially cost us.

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I had this big USA hat with a long brim, and I remember trying to cover it in the pins.

Our dining table was always filled to the brim with an elaborate spread of homemade entrees and sweets.

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However, there were some slight changes that one fan took issue with online — namely, the fact that Elphaba's eyes were visible and not covered by the brim of her witch's hat, as in the original Playbill — so they changed it.

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A few puffs later, Noel Telles looked out from under the wide brim of his Ace Hardware sun hat and offered his own assessment.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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