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Nimrod's too old for love and laying it on thick (7)

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impasto

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(Other definitions for impasto that I've seen before include "Method of painting" , "application of paint in this way" , "Technique of paint applied thickly" , "Thick-paint technique" , "Technique of laying on paint thickly so that it stands out from a surface" .)

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