chalk-line

Definitions

noun A light cord rubbed with chalk and stretched over a surface to mark a straight line.
noun A vulgar name of the small green heron of the United States, Butorides virescens: so called in allusion to the white excrement voided when the bird starts to fly.

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And who wants to spend a million dollars on a pair of beautiful pants that will just have a chalk-line across the butt by lunchtime?

Archive 2007-03-01 Heo 2007
And who wants to spend a million dollars on a pair of beautiful pants that will just have a chalk-line across the butt by lunchtime?

On the Acquisition of Fancy Pants Heo 2007
Same job, different age group, same chalk-line, same wardrobe.

Archive 2007-03-01 Heo 2007
Same job, different age group, same chalk-line, same wardrobe.

On the Acquisition of Fancy Pants Heo 2007
While a Voguer could be hurt with a heavy enough shoe, you could chalk-line a bitch with a prayer brick.

STRIKE A POSE by Donnàrd Ricardo Sturgis | Fiction | Futurismic 2005
He remembered that if you drew a chalk-line to the beak of a hen, the hen thought it was tied up.

The Silver Spoon 2004
He wished somebody would draw a chalk-line to his beak.

The Silver Spoon 2004
A black sword appeared in its hand and it rushed at the slender chalk-line.

Last Sword Of Power Gemmell, David 1988
That phrase relative to walking a chalk-line is weak and inadequate, after a man has tried to work his way along a peeled hemlock.

Then I'll Come Back to You Larry Evans
But the ball lay beyond the fateful chalk-line, the Yale touchdown was won, and the game was tied.

Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels