Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who cuts and polishes diamonds.
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Examples
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He was bred to the employment of a lapidary or diamond-cutter; but abandoned that for the business of a tobacconist … The figures 37 seem to have been those which marked the number of his snuff-shop, which was at the Red Lion, near Fleet Market in Fleet Street, London.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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In this collection of his columns, written mostly in the 1940s and '50s, Liebling uses a diamond-cutter's touch to probe the press's flaws—but along the way, by doing it with such care, he inadvertently reveals his own great secret: He loved newspapers.
Five Best: Ink-Stained Riches Bob Greene 2011
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And it's positively thrilling to hear Ferguson -- the off-camera interviewer -- grill government and private sector pooh-bahs, as he exposes with diamond-cutter precision who and what plunged the financial system into cardiac arrest.
Erica Abeel: Will Inside Job Start a Popular Rebellion? Erica Abeel 2010
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And it's positively thrilling to hear Ferguson -- the off-camera interviewer -- grill government and private sector pooh-bahs, as he exposes with diamond-cutter precision who and what plunged the financial system into cardiac arrest.
Erica Abeel: Will Inside Job Start a Popular Rebellion? Erica Abeel 2010
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And it's positively thrilling to hear Ferguson -- the off-camera interviewer -- grill government and private sector pooh-bahs, as he exposes with diamond-cutter precision who and what plunged the financial system into cardiac arrest.
Erica Abeel: Will Inside Job Start a Popular Rebellion? Erica Abeel 2010
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He was bred to the employment of a lapidary or diamond-cutter; but abandoned that for the business of a tobacconist … The figures 37 seem to have been those which marked the number of his snuff-shop, which was at the Red Lion, near Fleet Market in Fleet Street, London.
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And it's positively thrilling to hear Ferguson -- the off-camera interviewer -- grill government and private sector pooh-bahs, as he exposes with diamond-cutter precision who and what plunged the financial system into cardiac arrest.
Erica Abeel: Will Inside Job Start a Popular Rebellion? Erica Abeel 2010
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And it's positively thrilling to hear Ferguson -- the off-camera interviewer -- grill government and private sector pooh-bahs, as he exposes with diamond-cutter precision who and what plunged the financial system into cardiac arrest.
Erica Abeel: Will Inside Job Start a Popular Rebellion? Erica Abeel 2010
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And it's positively thrilling to hear Ferguson -- the off-camera interviewer -- grill government and private sector pooh-bahs, as he exposes with diamond-cutter precision who and what plunged the financial system into cardiac arrest.
Erica Abeel: Will Inside Job Start a Popular Rebellion? Erica Abeel 2010
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And it's positively thrilling to hear Ferguson -- the off-camera interviewer -- grill government and private sector pooh-bahs, as he exposes with diamond-cutter precision who and what plunged the financial system into cardiac arrest.
Erica Abeel: Will Inside Job Start a Popular Rebellion? Erica Abeel 2010
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