"labelscar" meaning in All languages combined

See labelscar on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: labelscars [plural]
Etymology: From label + scar, from label (“sign giving information about something to which it is attached”) + scar (“permanent mark resulting from damage”). Etymology templates: {{com|en|label|scar}} label + scar Head templates: {{en-noun}} labelscar (plural labelscars)
  1. An outline left behind by the removal of a sign from a building.
    Sense id: en-labelscar-en-noun-cAqxXsT5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "label",
        "3": "scar"
      },
      "expansion": "label + scar",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From label + scar, from label (“sign giving information about something to which it is attached”) + scar (“permanent mark resulting from damage”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "labelscars",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "labelscar (plural labelscars)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005 September 26, Steven Swain, “Eastland Mall – Tulsa, OK.”, in That Mall is sick and that Store is dead!, archived from the original on 2024-05-25:",
          "text": "I love a good labelscar.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010 August 5, AmericanDirt, “Rolling back the pages of mega-retail history.”, in American Dirt, archived from the original on 2024-02-21:",
          "text": "As I got closer to the structure, I could just begin to discern some lettering out of the labelscar, followed by the inevitable palm to the forehead.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 July 3, The Gone-Ton (@gone_ton), Twitter:",
          "text": "It's not every day you see a labelscar as nasty as that one left by Old Navy.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 May 11, Jamie Bradburn (@jbcurio), Twitter:",
          "text": "Labelscar of the Toronto Star at 1 Yonge",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An outline left behind by the removal of a sign from a building."
      ],
      "id": "en-labelscar-en-noun-cAqxXsT5",
      "links": [
        [
          "outline",
          "outline"
        ],
        [
          "left behind",
          "leave behind"
        ],
        [
          "removal",
          "removal"
        ],
        [
          "sign",
          "sign"
        ],
        [
          "building",
          "building"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "labelscar"
}
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "label",
        "3": "scar"
      },
      "expansion": "label + scar",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From label + scar, from label (“sign giving information about something to which it is attached”) + scar (“permanent mark resulting from damage”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "labelscars",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "labelscar (plural labelscars)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "English countable nouns",
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        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005 September 26, Steven Swain, “Eastland Mall – Tulsa, OK.”, in That Mall is sick and that Store is dead!, archived from the original on 2024-05-25:",
          "text": "I love a good labelscar.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010 August 5, AmericanDirt, “Rolling back the pages of mega-retail history.”, in American Dirt, archived from the original on 2024-02-21:",
          "text": "As I got closer to the structure, I could just begin to discern some lettering out of the labelscar, followed by the inevitable palm to the forehead.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 July 3, The Gone-Ton (@gone_ton), Twitter:",
          "text": "It's not every day you see a labelscar as nasty as that one left by Old Navy.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 May 11, Jamie Bradburn (@jbcurio), Twitter:",
          "text": "Labelscar of the Toronto Star at 1 Yonge",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An outline left behind by the removal of a sign from a building."
      ],
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        [
          "outline",
          "outline"
        ],
        [
          "left behind",
          "leave behind"
        ],
        [
          "removal",
          "removal"
        ],
        [
          "sign",
          "sign"
        ],
        [
          "building",
          "building"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "labelscar"
}

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