truncated
/tɹʌŋˈkeɪtɪd/ adjective C1- Deprived of one of its parts or of its end (e.g., a line of poetry with one syllable fewer in one of its feet).
- Ending abruptly as if cut across at the base or tip.
- shortened either by means of clipping or blending.
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“Here, as you perceive, is the inner pocket prolonged into the lining in such fashion as to give ample space for the truncated fowling piece.
Our only clue lay in the truncated telegram, and with a copy of this in his hand Holmes set forth to find a second link for his chain.
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