Definitions

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  • adjective an inch, or roughly an inch, in length

Etymologies

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inch +‎ long

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Examples

  • A surgical biopsy requires an inchlong incision, stitches and sometimes sedation or general scar.

    NYT > Home Page By DENISE GRADY 2011

  • A surgical biopsy requires an inchlong incision, stitches and sometimes sedation or general scar.

    NYT > Home Page By DENISE GRADY 2011

  • Or he may be pounding inchlong dowels into the wood with a mallet, each little peg impregnated with shiitake mushroom spawn.

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

  • She blotted it onto the end of an inchlong plastic strip protruding from the hand-held device that was the size of a cell phone.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • A four-foot stalk of sugar cane is destined for a customs officer's big knife, but if it's cut into inchlong pieces and peeled it will likely pass.

    naplesnews.com Stories 2009

  • A four-foot stalk of sugar cane is destined for a customs officer's big knife, but if it's cut into inchlong pieces and peeled it will likely pass.

    Fore, right! 2009

  • A four-foot stalk of sugar cane is destined for a customs officer's big knife, but if it's cut into inchlong pieces and peeled it will likely pass.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2009

  • A four-foot stalk of sugar cane is destined for a customs officer's big knife, but if it's cut into inchlong pieces and peeled it will likely pass.

    Newsvine - Get Smarter Here 2009

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