hollow-ground
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of hollow-ground
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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Some skaters like a hollow-ground skate and the method shown in Figs.
From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.
We have lived in the trenches side by side with them, and find them as keen as a hollow-ground and as ardent as a young lover.
From The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' by MacDonagh, Michael
They are cut with a sharp hollow-ground razor or with Thiersch's grafting knife, the blade of which is rinsed in alcohol and kept moistened with warm saline solution.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
"Talk about bare bodkins, otherwise hollow-ground razors!" cried Uvo, emptying his glass.
From Witching Hill by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
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