Definitions
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- noun sociology Behaviour at the
edge of what is normally allowed or accepted;risky orradical behaviour.
Etymologies
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edge + work
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Examples
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Andis 'T-Outliner would typically be found in a barbershop, generally used for edgework.
Cool Tools 2010
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Beautiful vintage round silverplate Levenger trinket box, 4″ in diamater, featuring beaded edgework and green velvet interior.
We Blog A Lot 2009
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The tracks are lengthy and sizable one is nearly an hour, at 50 megabytes, and it’ll take a while to work through ‘em, but it doesn’t hurt to start off with the most recent: Kyoto, Japan-based Mag Necro’s half-hour guitar performance, a suffering soundscape of improvisatory edgework.
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