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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having a wire-edge.

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Examples

  • To get the most pouf, use a wire-edged ribbon for this one.

    Swell Holiday Cynthia Rowley 2003

  • To get the most pouf, use a wire-edged ribbon for this one.

    Swell Holiday Cynthia Rowley 2003

  • To get the most pouf, use a wire-edged ribbon for this one.

    Swell Holiday Cynthia Rowley 2003

  • He faced a wire-edged razor, seeking a gilt-edged dodge, and so far his brain had failed to formulate the safe way out.

    Lady Luck Hugh Wiley

  • You've no call to get wire-edged about Mr. Norcross.

    The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range Hamlin Garland 1900

  • Bost rounded up two or three more good players, and every afternoon he lashed us around the field with that wire-edged tongue of his.

    At Good Old Siwash George Fitch 1896

  • "I sort of wish," he went on, with that keen, wire-edged exasperation still sawing in his voice, "that you wouldn't have much to do with that chap. He isn't my kind of people.

    Sally of Missouri 1905

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