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Upstroke   Listen
noun
Upstroke  n.  An upward stroke, especially the stroke, or line, made by a writing instrument when moving upward, or from the body of the writer, or a line corresponding to the part of a letter thus made. "Some upstroke of an Alpha and Omega."






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"Upstroke" Quotes from Famous Books



... characteristics which are supposed to denote imagination and a sense of artistry. It was the sort of caligraphy which one comes across every day in shops and offices and banks—there was nothing in any upstroke, downstroke or letter which lifted it from the very ordinary. But the other two letters were evidently written by a man of literary and artistic sense, possessing imagination and a liking for effect. It needed no expert in handwriting to declare that ...
— Scarhaven Keep • J. S. Fletcher



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