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- noun Plural form of
welt . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
welt .
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Examples
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But, thank God, it's now long gone (though unfortunately the allergic reaction welts from the tape still remain) and I can get on with avoiding the medical profession for another couple weeks.
Wired, In More Ways Than One! Sarah 2009
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But, thank God, it's now long gone (though unfortunately the allergic reaction welts from the tape still remain) and I can get on with avoiding the medical profession for another couple weeks.
Archive 2009-03-01 Sarah 2009
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The first time I debarked for the patchy red welts from the computer where it disappeared into the discussion.
Boing Boing: January 5, 2003 - January 11, 2003 Archives 2003
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The victim sustained "welts" to his buttocks, back and legs and a cut to his forehead, where he was struck by the plastic top of a spray can, sheriff's officials said.
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A cluster of five or six welts that look like mosquito bites, only smaller.
Dirty Secret Jessie Sholl 2011
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Bright strawberry welts covered both cheeks, and he looked as if he had just run five miles.
Kings of Colorado David E. Hilton 2011
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What started as five or six individual welts is now a solid patch of rash about three inches square.
Dirty Secret Jessie Sholl 2011
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Bright strawberry welts covered both cheeks, and he looked as if he had just run five miles.
Kings of Colorado David E. Hilton 2011
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Afterward I slather myself with tea tree oil and pray that no one in the locker room notices its pungent aroma or the red welts around my ankles and up my calves or the chicken pox–like rash across my waist and hips.
Dirty Secret Jessie Sholl 2011
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As soon as our parents came back, my brother and I told them what Myron had done; Myron stood there with his fat arms crossed over his fat belly and denied it—even though my brother had welts on his back.
Dirty Secret Jessie Sholl 2011
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