Toothcombing

adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    gerund of toothcomb: a thorough search. form-of, gerund
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of toothcomb form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of an analysis, a search, etc.: very thorough; detailed.

    "Gladstone's toothcombing analysis of what the poems said and—sometimes even more importantly—what they did not say thus led him to remarkable discoveries about the cultural world of the ancient Greeks."

Synonyms

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fine-tooth comb

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"Gladstone's toothcombing analysis of what the poems said and—sometimes even more importantly—what they did not say thus led him to remarkable discoveries about the cultural world of the ancient Greeks."

Etymology

From toothcomb + -ing.

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