cut-and-dry
- a variation of cut-and-dried.
Example Sentences
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Though the film had a concrete ending, even the most cut-and-dry modest hits in the horror genre don’t stay dead for long.
From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2026
That actually takes this beyond Judge Boasberg’s saga, because this seems to involve cut-and-dry, eminently demonstrable perjury.
From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2025
The teenage investors he works with typically focus on qualitative assessments versus cut-and-dry business metrics, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025
“It isn’t going to be a cut-and-dry outcome.”
From Barron's ● Dec. 14, 2025
We are dealing here with the old cut-and-dry legitimate interest of treasure trove.
From Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson by Stevenson, Robert Louis
