fine-cut

[ fahyn-kuht ]

/ ˈfaɪnˈkʌt /

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adjective

cut into very thin strips (contrasted with rough-cut): fine-cut tobacco.

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Origin of fine-cut

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

Words nearby fine-cut

fine art, fine arts, fine bouche, Fine Champagne, fine comb, fine-cut, fine-draw, fine-drawn, Fine Gael, fine-grain, fine-grained

How to use fine-cut in a sentence

His fine-cut face and dark eyes expressed a hundred things that his tongue had no time to put into words.
The Isle of Unrest|Henry Seton Merriman
Then I confined operations to my office and took to fine cut instead of plug, as being tonier.
Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son|George Horace Lorimer
He had long since given up plug and fine-cut and taken to fat Havanas, which he smoked audibly, in plethoric wheezes.
The Shadow|Arthur Stringer
But there was no give-up in her expression; determination marked every fine cut line.
The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge|Margaret Vandercook

Glass-works are numerous, and a great deal of very fine cut glass is exported.
Peeps at many lands: Sweden|William Liddle

British Dictionary definitions for fine-cut

fine-cut

adjective

(of tobacco) finely cut or shredded

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