Clay and Proper

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Clay noun - The set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others.

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Proper and clay are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Proper" instead an adjective "Clay".

Nearby Words: clayey, clayed

Proper adjective - Following the established traditions of refined society and good taste.

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Clay and proper are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Clay" instead an adjective "Proper".

Nearby Words: property, properly

Later she complains that she can't make the clay figure's penis to proper scale as it keeps falling off, and it's shown the clay figure's penis is about half the size of it's own leg.

Source: Gag Penis
Clay County is very much unequipped to do a proper investigation of the murder, but wants jurisdiction anyway.

Source: Jurisdiction Friction
Also, this isn't Gravid Rust's first encounter with the long arm of the law: In Feet of Clay mention is made of how Lord Rust's son got into a lot of trouble for shooting servants for putting his shoes on the wrong feet (most likely why he was made to leave Ankh-Morpork proper for the countryside).

Source: Discworld / Snuff

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