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Freckly

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freck·le  (frkl)
n.
A small brownish spot on the skin, often turning darker or increasing in number upon exposure to the sun.
tr. & intr.v. freck·led, freck·ling, freck·les
To dot or become dotted with freckles or spots of color.

[From Middle English frakles, freckles, alteration of fraknes, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Icelandic freknttr, freckly.]

freckly adj.


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While certain individuals with fair or freckly skin, a family history of melanoma, or a history of severe sunburn in childhood have increased risk, no one is immune to the damaging effects of UV light.
The Palmdale play retains all the elements from the motion picture, including the family's temperamental exploding furnace; Scut Farkas, the freckly school bully; the ``wet tongue on a cold lamppost'' experiment; the Little Orphan Annie decoder pin; and Ralphie's father's leg-shape lamp.
Somewhere between Brancusi-esque bases without their better halves and supertechnological "appliances" for a race of freaks, these freckly figments seem neither purely aesthetic nor wholly functional: They linger somewhere uncomfortably in-between.
 
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