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- noun A thick,
embossed wallpaper .
Etymologies
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Examples
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On sunny days the apparatus can be wheeled on to the balcony, where the sapphire sky will be exchanged for the anaglypta ceiling; and for winter use a metal base will be supplied, under which you can place either an oil-stove or an electric radiator.
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With plenty of tobacco, a writing tablet and a fountain-pen, you can stare at the anaglypta ceiling and dream noble thoughts and put them down when you like without interruption.
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There are bleached oak pillars holding the ceiling up and heritage-style bluey-green paint everywhere - but there remains an ornate mahogany backdrop to the bar and a scumbled anaglypta ceiling.
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The 'red' part of the walls are embossed/anaglypta wallpaper.
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This is a photo of Kathy's kitchen embossed/anaglypta wallpaper ....
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Some of us are lucky enough to have secret ambitions - training for the marathon, learning the violin, stripping off the anaglypta wallpaper.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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(pg 132), you'll see what I believe is anaglypta wallpaper that looks like letterpress.
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