Definition of Straighter

1. Adjective. (comparative of straight) ¹

2. Noun. (slang) A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana. Also straight. (defdate from 20th c.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Straighter

1. straight [adj] - See also: straight

Lexicographical Neighbors of Straighter

straightaways
straightbred
straightbreds
straighted
straightedge
straightedges
straighten
straighten out
straighten up
straightenable
straightened
straightener
straighteners
straightening
straightens
straighter (current term)
straightest
straightfaced
straightfacedly
straightfaces
straightforth
straightforward
straightforwardly
straightforwardness
straighthorn
straighthorns
straighties
straighting
straightish

Literary usage of Straighter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of the Botany (Phænogamia and Pteridophyta) of the Rocky Mountain by John Merle Coulter (1885)
"... Eng. Mach taller and straighter, 80 to 120 feet high und 4 to 6 feet in diameter, with a conical bead aiid ..."

2. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"... to say nothing of the frugivorous habits oí the Barbels, while the straighter and more lengthened bill of the true Buceo united itself to that of Picus. ..."

3. Synopsis of California Stalk-eyed Crustacea by Samuel Jackson Holmes (1900)
"In young specimens the posterior margin of the carapace is straighter than in adults; the ridge on the outer surface of the hand is plainer and there may be ..."

4. Vallombrosa by William Wetmore Story (1881)
"straighter pillars never were raised to heaven, and finer murmurs of aspirations never were heard in any human church. What do they long for, ..."

5. The Clinical Journal (1906)
"The toes are straighter and tend to continue the lines of their metatarsal bones. Moreover, they lose, or have already lost, their capacity of dorsal ..."

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