Example Sentences

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People scurry about in gilets and fleeces, carrying walkie-talkies and tape-measures.

From The Guardian • Oct. 26, 2010

From the next room one hears the voice of the tailor, leisurely reporting to his assistant as he tape-measures a customer.

From The Perfect Gentleman by Bergengren, Ralph

Ah! you police people with your tape-measures and your José Puégas!

From The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol by Ball, Alec