hickey

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   argotA bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking.

   But Louis Vuitton bras all over your breasts / Got me wanting to put hickeys all over your chest

   When it comes to hickeys, the best I can tell you is that a lot of girls cover them with makeup or a turtleneck shirt. But let me close with a final thought. Never be ashamed of your hickeys. Show them off proudly as badges of love.

2. 2

   A similar mark made by the pressure of a musical instrument such as a violin or viola against the neck.

3. 3

   A pimple.

   No, a pimple is not a small pimp. It is what they call a hickey in the country. Look up papules.

4. 4

   familierAn object whose name is unknown or cannot be recalled.

5. 5

   A printing defect caused by foreign matter on the printing surface resulting in a ring where the ink is missing, appearing as a spot of ink surrounded by a halo, or as an unprinted spot within a solid printed area.

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   familierA serif or other ornamentation on type.

   Years ago, there were internal company standards for dark center (ink color) hickeys and for white voids in solids/type.

   It is generally believed, by those who study such things, that serif typefaces are easier to read when reading a lot of words. The hickeys (serifs) on each letter tend to push our eye toward the next letter.

7. 7

   Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.

8. 8

   A tool for making smooth, semicircular bends in conduit and pipe.

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   argotAn unintended negative outcome or loss in regards to a deal or action.

   take a hickey

   Farmer Jones took a hickey on his soybean crop when the flood washed the seeds away.

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