fine-cut

[ fahyn-kuht ]

adjective
  1. cut into very thin strips (contrasted with rough-cut): fine-cut tobacco.

Origin of fine-cut

1
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

Words Nearby fine-cut

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How to use fine-cut in a sentence

  • His fine-cut face and dark eyes expressed a hundred things that his tongue had no time to put into words.

    The Isle of Unrest | Henry Seton Merriman
  • Then I confined operations to my office and took to fine cut instead of plug, as being tonier.

  • He had long since given up plug and fine-cut and taken to fat Havanas, which he smoked audibly, in plethoric wheezes.

    The Shadow | Arthur Stringer
  • But there was no give-up in her expression; determination marked every fine cut line.

    The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge | Margaret Vandercook
  • Glass-works are numerous, and a great deal of very fine cut glass is exported.

British Dictionary definitions for fine-cut

fine-cut

adjective
  1. (of tobacco) finely cut or shredded

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