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Dimple

January 6, 2020

dim-ple / ˈdim-pəl

 

noun   a small hollow or indentation in a soft spot on the face or body In the eyes of a lover a pock-marked face is one with pretty dimples. Japanese Proverb   a depression in a surface If valleys are the dimples on the face of the earth, as Steven King once said, then Silicon Valley is the deepest, most sparkling dimple of them all. from ‘The Toonies Invade Silicon Valley’ by Betty Dravis, ?-   verb   to produce a small indentation in something Golf balls are sweet: dimpled and sometimes even smiling. Steve Rushin, 1966-
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