Etymology

labelscar

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Today it means: An outline left behind by the removal of a sign from a building. Full definition →

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The story

From label + scar, from label (“sign giving information about something to which it is attached”) + scar (“permanent mark resulting from damage”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.