Definition of Fine-tooth comb

1. Noun. A comb with teeth set close together.

Exact synonyms: Fine-toothed Comb
Generic synonyms: Comb

2. Noun. A method of examining in minute detail. "He went over the contract with a fine-tooth comb looking for loopholes"
Exact synonyms: Fine-toothed Comb
Generic synonyms: Examination, Scrutiny

Definition of Fine-tooth comb

1. Noun. A comb with fine, closely-spaced teeth. ¹

2. Verb. To go over or through with a fine-tooth comb ¹

3. Verb. To search meticulously. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fine-tooth Comb

findram
findrams
findrinny
finds
finds out
findspot
findspots
findy
fine
fine-drawn
fine-grained
fine-leaved heath
fine-looking
fine-structure constant
fine-tooth(a)
fine-tooth comb
fine-tooth combs
fine-toothed
fine-toothed(a)
fine-toothed comb
fine-tune
fine-tuned
fine-tuned universe
fine-tuned universes
fine-tunes
fine-tuning
fine art
fine arts
fine as frog hair
fine feathers make fine birds

Literary usage of Fine-tooth comb

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

1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1849)
"What do you think it was that I found there-all, to satisfy the longings of that poor woman-ah? It was the long-lost, the long-wan ted, fine-tooth comb-ah! ..."

2. The Natural History Review: A Quarterly Journal of Biological Science by Armagh Natural History and Philosophical Society, Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society, Cork Scientific and Literary Society, Cuvierian Society of Cork, Dublin University Zoological and Botanical Association, Literary and Scientific Instit (1854)
"... ate "divided into three varieties Wilde's excellent Catalogue of the Museum belonging to the Hoyal - t he long rack-comb, the single fine tooth-comb, ..."

3. The Smoked Yank by Melvin Grigsby (1888)
"We were not troubled much with the kind that you can catch with a fine-tooth comb, or cut off with scissors. It was not the fashion there to give away ..."

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