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Definition of Fine-toothed comb

1. Noun. A comb with teeth set close together.

2. Noun. A method of examining in minute detail. "He went over the contract with a fine-tooth comb looking for loopholes"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fine-toothed Comb

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Literary usage of Fine-toothed comb

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1884)
"Improper care of the scalp, the use of the fine-toothed comb, and of pomades, ... The fine-toothed comb should be banished from the toilet-table, ..."

2. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"On a sepulchral slab in Gor:. Inscript, pi. ip 10 (Baumeister, Denkmäler. fig. 827), a double fine-toothed comb is shown along with other toilet articles. ..."

3. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"They are to be dried with pressure in linen cloths, combed in the longitudinal direction, with a very fine-toothed comb, finally wrapped up in fine linen, ..."

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