Holeyness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being holey. uncountable

    "[…] the final rags soaked well, then washed by hand to scrub and scrub until the fabric died of holeyness."

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"[…] the final rags soaked well, then washed by hand to scrub and scrub until the fabric died of holeyness."

Etymology

From holey + -ness. Compare Middle English holynesse (“condition of having pores”).

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