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noun quick drawing ADJ. lightning, quick | rough | preliminary, preparatory | charcoal, ink, pencil, watercolour VERB + SKETCH do, draw, make SKETCH + NOUN book, pad | map | plan PREP. in a/the ~ The family house appears in several of her sketches. | ~ by a series of sketches by John Constable | ~ for to make a sketch for an oil painting | ~ of He did some rough sketches of the costumes.ART short description ADJ. brief, thumbnail The talk began with a thumbnail sketch of the political situation at that time. | biographical, character VERB + SKETCH give sb PREP. ~ of He gave us character sketches of all his eccentric relations. short comic scene ADJ. short | comic, satirical VERB + SKETCH do, perform | write PREP. ~ about a comic sketch about a talking cat
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