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knife edge en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of knife-edge.
    alt of knife-edge
    • “Thank you, Flannery,” Anne said, her low voice a knife edge between sincerity and sarcasm, “for saving my life." 2002, Sylvia Brownrigg, Pages for You, →ISBN:
    • While I'd never been to Pakistan, I'd seen plenty of towns like this one just across the border in Afghanistan, perched on a knife edge between life and death, settlements where the people had nothing in their lives except for war, a few goats and a lot of religion. 2007, David A. Rollins, A Knife Edge, →ISBN:
    • I'm on a knife edge, Lydia, don't you see? 2016, Liz Nugent, Lying In Wait, →ISBN, page 82:

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