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skirt

noun as in border, edge

noun as in ladies' garment that hangs from waist

verb as in border; be on the edge

verb as in avoid; get around

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Its version of Emilia Harcourt is a sturdy Aryan girl who only wears jewel tones and skirts and is infatuated with Chris.

From Salon

"It started really with DIY items, wallpaper strippers, ladders, drills, your usual kind of thing. As I got further into my DIY, I started to borrow the mitre saw to do the skirting boards."

From BBC

The sweeping grandstand that skirts the back of the first tee and adjacent 18th green at Bethpage is more London Stadium than Upton Park.

From BBC

From down in the fairway, it resembles a giant draught excluder, skirting the back of the tee and adjacent 18th green.

From BBC

Ahead of making landfall, 90 people were injured in Hong Kong as the storm skirted its coastline, the hospital authority said.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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