Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Cut in a straight manner: applied to fine grades of cut smoking tobacco.
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BONUS TIP: After spending most of my life trying to figure out how to shorten folder names to fit on a 1/3-tab manila folder, I am now a die-hard fan of straight-cut manila folders.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Top Tips for Maxing Out Your Productivity, Part 1 2009
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The Pilgrims used hand-made nails—delicate, humble, irregular things, wrought on an anvil—while the nails on reproductions are almost always straight-cut items made by machine.
A Never-Ending Treasure Hunt Jonathan Lopez 2011
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The Pilgrims used hand-made nails—delicate, humble, irregular things, wrought on an anvil—while the nails on reproductions are almost always straight-cut items made by machine.
A Never-Ending Treasure Hunt Jonathan Lopez 2011
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And yes … definitely check out those straight-cut folders.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Top Tips for Maxing Out Your Productivity, Part 1 2009
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She wears a turquoise straight-cut cocktail dress, the patchwork seams curved slightly to accentuate her lanky form, her shoes probably left in a cab or back at the show.
Losing Found Things Brett Rosenblatt 2011
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A long jacket of checkered tweed with silver buttons, a waistcoat with narrow black and gray stripes, linen of the most superior quality, and straight-cut trousers of fine wool.
The Dressmaker Posie Graeme-Evans 2010
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Thoreau said education often made straight-cut ditches out of meandering brooks.
Avital Binshtock: America's Greenest Colleges: Did Your School Make the Grade? 2009
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He had long slender fingers with straight-cut nails and had to bend slightly toward her, as he was so tall.
Silent Scream: An Anna Travis Mystery Lynda La Plante 2009
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He had long slender fingers with straight-cut nails and had to bend slightly toward her, as he was so tall.
Silent Scream: An Anna Travis Mystery Lynda La Plante 2009
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Thoreau said education often made straight-cut ditches out of meandering brooks.
Michael Roth: Liberal Arts Education: From Clubbiness to Cosmopolitanism 2009
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