point-device
Americanadverb
adjective
adjective
adverb
Etymology
Origin of point-device
1325–75; Middle English at point devis arranged to a point, i.e., to a nicety, to perfection; see device
Example Sentences
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Face, figure, and point-device attire, culminating in a buttonhole of freshly picked violets, stamped him as a man mentally and physically addicted to the levels of life; a soldier of carpet conquests and ball-room achievements.
From The Great Amulet by Diver, Maud
I will be proud, I will read politic authors, I will baffle Sir Toby, I will wash off gross acquaintance, I will be point-device, the very man.
From Twelfth Night by Shakespeare, William
Then an uncomfortable consciousness of a rough black coat, drab trowsers, checked cotton cravat, and splashed boots, forced itself upon him as he saw Osborne's point-device costume.
From Wives and Daughters by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn
It happened to be the same room which she had occupied, oh—thousands of years ago—on the night when Doggie, point-device in new Savile Row uniform, had taken her to dinner at the Carlton.
From The Rough Road by Locke, William John
He stood upon the threshold, dazzled a little by the light, but smiling, graceful, debonair, and point-device as ever.
From The Broad Highway by Farnol, Jeffery
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