Word | fretsawyer |
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Definition | n. A woodworker who works with a fretsaw, a tool for cutting fine details. |
Sentence | For particulars, as every one knows, make for virtue and happiness; generalities are intellectually necessary evils. Not philosophers but fretsawyers and stamp collectors compose the backbone of society. |
Source | Brave New World, Aldous Huxley, p. 4 Image: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4930102 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4930102 |
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