a cut
Examples
A cut glass English accent can fool unsuspecting Americans into detecting a brilliance that isn't there.
My mouth blooms like a cut. I've been wronged all year, tedious nights, nothing but rough elbows in them and delicate boxes of Kleenex calling crybaby crybaby, you fool!
One of the biggest challenges is for women to find an organization thats willing to accept them back after they leave the work force to raise children without taking a cut in compensation and responsibility.
A cutting word is worse than a bowstring, a cut may heal, but the cut of the tongue does not.
You never miss a slice from a cut loaf.
A cutting word is worse than a bowstring; a cut may heal but the cut of the tongue does not.