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bassalian, adj. - pertaining to the deep sea

Sue M. (aka itatemyswaeter) mashed up a WWII era poster recently to amusing effect.

Hmmm, I think I’d love a shirt with this on it…

fox-mark, n. - A brown spot or stain on a print, book, etc.

Recently, one of my favorite customers visited me with a treat from her collection.  Ronald Searle’s Slightly Foxed - but still desirable.
In it, Searle uses bookseller description language as his inspiration for clever illustrations.
Ordering from a bookseller’s catalogue without speaking the specialist language, is about as dangerous as trying to chat up the promised-in-marriage daughter [...]