most unkindest cut of all

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1. The most painful of insults, affronts, or offenses, often so painful because it comes from a trusted friend. In William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Antony describes the wound given to Caesar by his close friend Brutus (see also Brutus) as the “most unkindest cut of all.”

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most unkindest cut of all

It may have been legally impeccable, but it was surely "the most unkindest cut of all" for the dogged journalist who, for years, was the sole voice of the forgotten Aruna Shanbaug.

From BBC ● May 18, 2015

It was just when the pudding came on that I got the most unkindest cut of all.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

Almost foamed at the mouth when I said the office seemed a little close and opened the window, and he quoted some poetry about that being "the most unkindest cut of all."

From Old Gorgon Graham More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son by Lorimer, George Horace

‘This is the most unkindest cut of all!’

From Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star by Standish, Burt L.

That last question was the most unkindest cut of all.

From The Story Girl by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)