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Fine-tooth comb   /faɪn-tuθ koʊm/   Listen
Fine-tooth comb

noun
1.
A comb with teeth set close together.  Synonym: fine-toothed comb.
2.
A method of examining in minute detail.  Synonym: fine-toothed comb.





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"Fine-tooth comb" Quotes from Famous Books



... strand of a bloody rascal," which was intended for a terse, well-knit, and all-comprehensive assertion, without omission or reservation. It was also asserted that, had Tophet itself been raked with a fine-tooth comb, such another ineffable villain could not by any possibility have ...
— White Jacket - or, the World on a Man-of-War • Herman Melville


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