"labelscar" meaning in English

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Noun

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

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "label",
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      },
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From label + scar, from label (“sign giving information about something to which it is attached”) + scar (“permanent mark resulting from damage”).",
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        {
          "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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 May 11, Jamie Bradburn (@jbcurio), Twitter",
          "text": "Labelscar of the Toronto Star at 1 Yonge",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "An outline left behind by the removal of a sign from a building."
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          "outline"
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          "leave behind"
        ],
        [
          "removal",
          "removal"
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        [
          "sign",
          "sign"
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          "ref": "2023 May 11, Jamie Bradburn (@jbcurio), Twitter",
          "text": "Labelscar of the Toronto Star at 1 Yonge",
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