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freckle 1. a small brownish spot on the skin: a localized deposit of the pigment melanin, developed by exposure to sunlight 2. Austral slang the anus freckle [′frek·əl] (medicine) A pigmented macule resulting from focal increase in melanin, usually associated with exposure to sunlight, commonly on the face. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| While certain individuals with fair or freckly skin, a family history of melanoma, or a history of severe sunburn in childhood have increased risk, no one is immune to the damaging effects of UV light. The Palmdale play retains all the elements from the motion picture, including the family's temperamental exploding furnace; Scut Farkas, the freckly school bully; the ``wet tongue on a cold lamppost'' experiment; the Little Orphan Annie decoder pin; and Ralphie's father's leg-shape lamp. Somewhere between Brancusi-esque bases without their better halves and supertechnological "appliances" for a race of freaks, these freckly figments seem neither purely aesthetic nor wholly functional: They linger somewhere uncomfortably in-between. |
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