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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Officers, some only recognizable by the Sam Browne belt, others spruce and point-device, passed by.
From The Rough Road by Locke, William John
Though certainly not point-device in their accoutrements, their good horses, high saddles, bronze faces, and picturesque attire, had a fine effect as they passed along under the burning sun.
From Life in Mexico by Calderón de la Barca, Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis)
His friends looked so wretched, so woebegone, so bedraggled, while their captor looked so point-device and self-satisfied that Villon felt a fierce indignation burn within him over the injustices of the world.
From If I Were King by McCarthy, Justin
It was hard upon twelve o'clock when the mirror on the dressing-table assured him that he was at length point-device in the habit and apparel of a gentleman of elegant nocturnal leisure.
From The Lone Wolf A Melodrama by Vance, Louis Joseph
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
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