Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Another example mentioned how sometimes books would have passages that would seem to make no sense to people who were just skimming, to get them to go back and actually read the book.
Source: Painting the Medium -
It's a dreadfully long monster of a book... and I certainly won't have time to read it, but I'm giving it a thorough skimming.
Source: Literature / Illuminatus! -
It's a dreadfully long monster of a book, and I certainly won't have time to read it, but I'm giving it a thorough skimming.
Source: Leaning on the Fourth Wall
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