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Chalk line   /tʃɑk laɪn/   Listen
Chalk line

noun
1.
A chalked string used in the building trades to make a straight line on a vertical surface.  Synonyms: snap line, snapline.






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"Chalk line" Quotes from Famous Books



... exclaimed, as her rather uneven chalk line came to an end. "I guess that is enough to go by. We can make the edges smooth with some ...
— A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia • Alice Turner Curtis

... to a club, or perhaps she does too, and the neighbors are friendly and those of social importance have called on her and asked her to their houses, a newcomer does not have to stand so exactly on the chalk line of ceremony as in returning her first visits and sending out ...
— Etiquette • Emily Post



Words linked to "Chalk line" :   snap line, twine, snapline, string



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