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Synonyms for yardstick
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : yahrd-stik |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈyɑrdˌstɪk |
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Définition of yardstick
Origin :- 1816, from yard (n.2) + stick (n.).
- noun gauge
- The holes in the yardstick must be large enough to let the head of this nail through.
- Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
- Put the middle hole of the yardstick over the nail, as is shown in Figure 27.
- Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
- Put the end hole of the yardstick on the nail, as shown in Figure 28.
- Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
- Miss Pamela cleared her throat and pointed with the yardstick.
- Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 » by Various
- That yardstick keeps all the other fellows at a distance, too.
- Extract from : « The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor » by Annie Fellows Johnston
- We'll have Yardstick government then, all the way, and Yardstick law.
- Extract from : « This Crowded Earth » by Robert Bloch
- We only want to weigh you, with a yardstick through an old shawl; that's all.
- Extract from : « Dotty Dimple At Home » by Sophie May
- Did I want to fall off that yardstick, right into the tolly-blow?
- Extract from : « Dotty Dimple At Home » by Sophie May
- Throw down the yardstick and come out here if you would be men.
- Extract from : « The Seat of Empire » by Charles Carleton Coffin
- This was the yardstick by which all advertising was measured at that time.
- Extract from : « The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2 » by Various
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