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Definition of Cut corners
1. Verb. Do something the cheapest or easiest way. "Cut corners to make a cheaper product"
Definition of Cut corners
1. Verb. To bypass a prescribed route so as to gain competitive advantage or to circumvent traffic signals or other rules of the road. ¹
2. Verb. (idiomatic) To do a less than thorough or complete job; to do something poorly or take short cuts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cut Corners
Literary usage of Cut corners
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scottish Notes and Queries edited by John Bulloch (1906)
"Oblong, with cut corners, 12 X 17. UNST. (1) Obv.—U. (The initial letter of name
of parish. ... Upright oblong, with cut corners, ю x 14. Illustration 14. ..."
2. Catalogue of the Circulating Department: And a Portion of the Books ...by Free Public Library (Worcester, Mass.) by Free Public Library (Worcester, Mass.) (1884)
"Cone cut corners; exper. of a conservative family. 924 Abbott, BV American
jurisprudence. (In Woolsey, TD — - Matthew ..."
3. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1855)
"Cone cut corners; the Experience of a Conservative Family in Fanatical Times.
... Xfw- York: Mason Brothers. , NEW-ENGLAND is full of " Cone cut corners," ..."
4. Communion Tokens of the Established Church of Scotland: Sixteenth by Alexander J. S. Brook (1908)
"Illustration 607. KILNINIAN and KILMORE. Obv. XLN in relief, within sunk oblong
panel. Irregular square, with cut corners, 12. Illustration 608. ..."
5. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1855)
"Cone cut corners; the Experiences of a Conservative Family in Times. ... to "
Cone cut corners," are a fair representation of many a Sew England village. ..."
6. Success in the Small Shop by John Herbert Van Deventer (1918)
"... who can equal this man in rigging up to cut corners, nor do their foremen take
as much interest in the work as he does in promoting his own profits. ..."
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