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parcel-gilt

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
parcel-gilt/ˈpɑːs(ə)lɡɪlt/

▶adjective (of furniture, silverware, etc.) partly gilded, especially on the inner surface only.

– origin from parcel in the technical adjectival sense ‘partial’ + gilt1.

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