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Etymology edit

sandpaper +‎ -like

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sandpaperlike (comparative more sandpaperlike, superlative most sandpaperlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of sandpaper; rough and abrasive.
    • 2009 May 3, Christopher Gray, “Fidel Castro Slept Here”, in New York Times[1]:
      At the third-floor level runs a band of varying ornament, including projecting panels of glazed terra cotta surrounding roughened, sandpaperlike rectangles.

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