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Razor edge   /rˈeɪzər ɛdʒ/   Listen
Razor edge

noun
1.
An edge that is as sharp as the cutting side of a razor.





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"Razor edge" Quotes from Famous Books



... here inebriatin' fluid. One whole year on crick water an' alkali dust has added, roughly speakin', 365 days an' 5 hours, an' 48 minutes, an' 45-1/2 seconds to my life, an' has whetted my appetite to razor edge—an' that reminds me—" he paused abruptly and picking up the yellow-backed bill that still lay before him upon the bar, crammed it into ...
— Prairie Flowers • James B. Hendryx
... proceeded to sharpen the knife. He did it with great ostentation, glancing significantly at me the while. He whetted it up and down all day long. Every odd moment he could find he had the knife and stone out and was whetting away. The steel acquired a razor edge. He tried it with the ball of his thumb or across the nail. He shaved hairs from the back of his hand, glanced along the edge with microscopic acuteness, and found, or feigned that he found, always, a slight ...
— The Sea-Wolf • Jack London


Words linked to "Razor edge" :   edge


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