sharp-cut
Americanadjective
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cut so as to have a sharp edge.
a tool with a sharp-cut blade.
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distinctly outlined; clearly defined.
Example Sentences
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The lead car was jammed with drum kits, guitar cases, and sharp-cut jackets and two-tone shoes.
From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2014
Geneva's decision reached out across the sharp-cut hills and jungles, across the paddies swollen in the rain.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even Western Christians may find their own familiar words and phrases spring to new life in pidgin's sharp-cut images.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its dialogue can be high-flown as well as sharp-cut, and some of its epigrams are distinctly tarnished.
From Time Magazine Archive
Poised lightly over the bows, the woman waited, her figure all in white sharp-cut against the blue of sky and water, with an effect as vital as it was graceful.
From The Destroying Angel by Louis Joseph Vance
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