cliff brake

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noun

any of several common ferns of the genus Pellaea, usually growing in pockets of thin soil on rocks.

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Origin of cliff brake

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

Words nearby cliff brake

clientele, client/server network, client state, Clifden nonpareil, cliff, cliff brake, cliff dweller, cliff-hang, cliffhanger, cliff-hanging, Clifford

How to use cliff brake in a sentence

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The 26 Next Hobby Lobbys|Abby Haglage|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This is where I think the argument against me falls off the cliff.
Seriously, Democrats: You’re Done in Dixie|Michael Tomasky|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Would I like to tell half the people I work with to go jump off a cliff?
The Hot Designer Who Hates Fashion: VK Nagrani Triumphs His Own Way|Tom Teodorczuk|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We first met Hajji Zalwar Khan over tea and lunch in the Pech Valley in a house clinging to a cliff high above the valley floor.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley|Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The probe appears to be sitting at the bottom of a "cliff" on the comet, but beyond that it's hard to tell.
Earthlings, We Landed on a Comet|Matthew R. Francis|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Only the petrol tins they took for water right and left of their pathway up the cliff; huge diamonds in the evening sun.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
They tobogganed down hills without a brake at the imminent peril of their lives.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
If he is injured while running a car from a defective brake of which he had knowledge, he cannot recover.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
At dawn half a battalion of Turks tried to make the attack along the top of the cliff and were entirely wiped out.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
One morning Straightshaft climbed the cliff and looked far up and down the valley.
The Later Cave-Men|Katharine Elizabeth Dopp