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Definition of Sharp tongue
1. Noun. A bitter or critical manner of speaking.
Definition of Sharp tongue
1. Noun. (idiomatic) The practice or characteristic of speaking to others in a harsh, critical, or insulting manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sharp Tongue
Literary usage of Sharp tongue
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Emerson in Concord: A Memoir, Written for the "Social Circle" in Concord by Edward Waldo Emerson (1888)
"Here is my wife who has come to church in hope of being soothed and strengthened
after being wounded by the sharp tongue of a slut in her house. ..."
2. An Eclectic Compendium of the Practice of Medicine by Lyman Watkins (1895)
"Bright redness, burning and itching of skin, pulse small and sharp, tongue red,
papillae prominent. SODIUM SULPHITE : Tongue enlarged and flabby, ..."
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