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What (who) is cut to the quick - definition


cut to the quick         
1982 EXTENDED PLAY BY REDGUM
see quick
The Cut, London         
  • The [[Young Vic]] theatre, halfway along the northern side of the Cut
STREET IN LONDON
New Cut, London; The Cut (London)
The Cut (formerly New Cut) is a street in London which runs between Waterloo Road in Lambeth and Blackfriars Road in Southwark, approximately parallel to the South Eastern Railway (England). The Old Vic theatre is at the western (Lambeth) end, and the more experimental Young Vic theatre halfway along on the other side.
cut glass         
  • Contemporary Czech cut glass in two colours
  • Czech glass-cutter at work
  • Chandelier in the chapel of [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge]], donated in 1732, one of the earliest datable cut glass examples.  The shape follows contemporary brass examples, with glass branches but no "drops"; only the pieces down the stem are cut, mostly with flat facets.<ref>Battie & Cottle, 102</ref>
  • American "brilliant cut" [[punch bowl]] on stand, 1895
  • Montgolfier]]" shape (due to its resemblance to an inverted [[hot air balloon]]),<ref>History</ref> in [[Edinburgh]]
  • Regency]] chandeliers in [[Saltram House]], England
  • [[Waterford Crystal]] factory in 2001
  • engraving]] above, England, late 18th-century
GLASS DECORATED WITH GEOMETRICAL OR REPRESENTATIONAL INCISIONS MADE BY GRINDING AND POLISHING
Cut-glass accent; Cut-glass; Cut crystal
also cut-glass
Cut glass is glass that has patterns cut into its surface.
...a cut-glass bowl.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N n

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Cut to the Quick
Cut to the Quick is an EP by Redgum.Redgum discography Album information
Examples of use of cut to the quick
1. The person on the other end of the line did not bother with formalities, but instead cut to the quick.
2. She cut to the quick with any issue and proved herself a stateswoman of the highest order when seeking to negotiate the Northern Ireland Good Friday agreement.
3. "She cut to the quick with any issue and proved herself a stateswoman of the highest order when seeking to negotiate the Northern Ireland Good Friday agreement.
4. But judge Michael Baker, QC, said he had rejected his evidence as a "web of deceit", adding: "You painted yourself as a loving husband, cut to the quick by your wife‘s taunts about your mother and your claimed impotence.
5. She cut to the quick with any issue and proved herself a stateswoman of the highest order." Mitchell Reiss, the special envoy to Northern Ireland for the US president, George Bush, said÷ "Her memory will be honoured by all the people of Northern Ireland." Ask AristotleMo Mowlam