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
Officers, some only recognizable by the Sam Browne belt, others spruce and point-device, passed by.
From The Rough Road by Locke, William John
"You'll come back a rude sailor, smelling of pitch and tar, and Antony will be a well-bred, point-device scholar, who will know how to give a lady his hand," said the teasing girl.
From Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
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
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