sandpaper

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Mr. Cleese, now 83, played Basil Fawlty, who was forced to contend with disasters and ludicrous situations while displaying all the kindness and hospitality of sandpaper.

From New York Times

The first is weather: You could think of rain as a kind of atmospheric sandpaper, removing aerosols floating about the air.

From Salon

Spence says he is not sure about the reason, but “maybe the roughness of sandpaper matches with the pungency of ginger biscuits or the roughness in the mouth of black coffee.”

From Scientific American

If there is also a rash that feels rough like sandpaper, it could be scarlet fever - which needs antibiotics.

From BBC

Signs of scarlet fever include a fever, nausea or vomiting, or fine pink-red rash that feels like sandpaper to touch.

From BBC