hone
verb (used with object)
honer
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a word derived from
hone.
Example Sentences
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Which is funny because I'm a stand-up, but I'm a slow honer.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2023
Why shouldn’t the artist also be a honer of craft, a sorter of nuts and bolts, as attuned to the quotidian as to the imagined greater beyond?
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
For me, this would be the honer of a lifetime.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 10, 2018
It marked the ninth consecutive appearance that Odorizzi had allowed a honer, a career high and the second-longest active streak in the majors behind 11 by Jesse Chavez of the Los Angeles Angels.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 14, 2017
The Captain brought his weapon up to the salute, and said, "Major, the honer is moine; I'm deloighted to see ye."
From The History of Pendennis by William Makepeace Thackeray
