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When a thing wears its veins on the outside and looks expensive doing it.

means Patterned with irregular streaks or swirls of color, like the cross-section of marble stone.

from From marble, the Greek marmaros, the shining rock that ancient sculptors prized and Renaissance ceilings flaunted, lent its swirling look to everything else.

Beef gradeFat marbling decides a steak's price tag.
Bookbinding artMarbled endpapers float pigments on thickened water.
Useful camouflageMarbled patterns break up outlines in nature and fashion.
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