thumbnail sketch
A brief outline or cursory description, as in Let me give you a thumbnail sketch of the situation. This idiom alludes to drawing a picture no larger than a thumbnail. [Mid-1800s]
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How to use thumbnail sketch in a sentence
Well, give me in a thumbnail sketch, something about Mr. Jitkoff's background.
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyCummings' life is scarcely even a sketch; at most it is a thumbnail sketch.
Old Scores and New Readings | John F. RuncimanFrom the thumbnail sketch to the many variations of a conceptual scheme, one eliminating the other, many decisions are arrived at.
The Civilization of Illiteracy | Mihai Nadin
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