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plant stems woven into furniture that creaks like it's gossiping about you
means Thin, pliable plant stems or twigs woven together to make baskets, furniture, and other objects.
from From Middle English wiker, borrowed from a Scandinavian source — related to Old Norse vikja, 'to bend,' since wicker is all about supple stems that yield rather than snap. So at its root the word literally means 'the bendy stuff,' a cousin of the same 'bend, turn, give way' idea that flexes through several northern languages.
- ancient flex
- Found in Egyptian tombs over 4,000 years old
- not a material
- It's a technique, not a plant species
- empire builder
- Lightweight rattan furnished colonial verandas worldwide
- creak code
- Drying fibers shrink, producing that signature groan
basket of deplorables — hillary clinton's 2016 phrase describing trump supporters at a fundraiser in new york
wicker park chicago — neighborhood in chicago established 1844, named after joel wicker who owned property there
the wicker man — 1973 british horror film starring christopher lee, about a pagan ritual sacrifice