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concrete. Something stripped off or taken off in a thin layer.
Chiefly in plural. A rag, a scrap.
in ribbons: in torn strips suggestive of ribbons; in tatters; in shreds; also figurative.
With plural (and occasionally singular) agreement. transferred. Pieces, scraps.