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Definition of Tightest
1. tight [adj] - See also: tight
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tightest
Literary usage of Tightest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Land Systems of British India: Being a Manual of the Land-tenures and of by Baden Henry Baden-Powell (1892)
"... which the tightest demand, if rigidly collected, would cause distress. The true
policy seems to me to be not to impose very tight ..."
2. Thrilling Adventures Among the Early Settlers: Embracing Desperate by Warren Wildwood (1862)
""This," said the Texan, who told us the story, "was one of ' Jack's' most narrow
escapes, and he considers it one of the tightest little places that he ever ..."
3. San Diego Yesterdays: Being Sketches of Incidents in the Indian, Spanish by Daughters of the American Revolution, Tex.) San Diego Chapter (San Diego (1921)
"... from every generation, bat it keeps its tightest hold on a good laugh, for
that's what it needs most. ..."
4. Reports of Proceedings by Associations of gas engineers and managers, United Kingdom (1893)
"If the second ring was the tightest, there would only be the top ring to help
... Again, supposing the top ring to have been the tightest, and to have been ..."
5. The Clinical Journal (1896)
"They have told you what you wanted to know, viz., that there are, not one, but
several strictures, of varying diameter, the tightest and firmest being ..."
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