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Cut-off
adj, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Having had shirt sleeves or pantlegs shortened by cutting material from the end.
Noun
- 1 Alternative spelling of cutoff. alt-of, alternative
"[sense 4 at cutoff] I should doubt if the consumption exceeded 30lb per mile, although it must be remembered that the regulator and cut-off were virtually unchanged from Etaples to Amiens, while the speed remained constant at 100 k.p.h. (62.5 m.p.h.) for mile after mile."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Deverbal from cut off.
Etymology 2
Deverbal from cut off.
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