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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But it was a ploy of their own, which they desired to finish that they might go trig and point-device to the Earl's weapon-showing to-morrow on the braes of Balmaghie.
From The Black Douglas by Frank Richards
When Angioletto had been assured of the nesting of his mate, he dressed himself point-device and went to Court to deliver his credentials.
From Little Novels of Italy by Maurice Henry Hewlett
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 William John Locke
Why, in this clever age, So "point-device," Is there no beverage Cool, cheap, and nice?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93. July 30, 1887 by
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 William Shakespeare
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