square set
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of square set
An Americanism dating back to 1815–25
Example Sentences
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The shattering climax of “Three Minutes: A Lengthening” is a slow zoom into Nasielsk’s public square, set to the testimony of witnesses to the deportation of 1,600 Jews in December 1939.
From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2022
The rioting this week echoed similar episodes elsewhere in Spain and in Turkey, where plans by Istanbul’s mayor to redevelop a popular public square set off weeks of protests last year.
From New York Times • May 30, 2014
Phillip Berolzheimer, City Chamberlain of New York, is a square set, ruddy faced, stolidly teutonic sort of man from the Middle West.
From Time Magazine Archive
The contrivance is clearly shown in an illustration, consisting merely of a piece of plank two feet square, set with stiff perpendicular pointed wires.
From Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making by Gibson, William Hamilton
Mrs. Guffy smiled happily from an open window as she observed the square set of his shoulders, the easy, devil-may-care smile upon his lips.
From Bob Hampton of Placer by Parrish, Randall
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