- rough-edged
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adjective
Date: 1942
lacking refinement or polish <a rough-edged writing style>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
rough-edged
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deckle-edged — adjective rough edged like uncut paper … Wiktionary
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deckle-edged — dec kle edged deckled dec kled, a. having a rough edge; having a deckle edge; used of handmade paper or paper resembling handmade; as, deckle edged paper; a deckle edged book. Syn: featheredged. [Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
