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Resembling thick twine (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ropy

(Other definitions for ropy that I've seen before include "like some painters?" , "Of dubious quality" , "Far from top quality" , "Of poor quality (informal)" , "Slightly off-colour" .)

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