Fletcherizing
Example Sentences
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At one chew per second, the Fletcherizing of a single bite of shallot would take more than 10 minutes.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2013
“Who has time for this?” was the reaction of Jaime Aranda-Michel, a gastroenterologist with the Mayo Foundation, when I called to ask him about Fletcherizing.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2013
For one day, two days, Etienne stood at the window, Fletcherizing his finger nails and shrieking and moaning at the monotony.
From Waifs and Strays Part 1 by O. Henry
It was a new idea, and he bent himself to the Fletcherizing of it.
From Uneasy Money by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
Now with Fletcherizing you have a perfectly good handle, but you know very well that you can't cut a tree down with only an axe handle.
From How to Eat A Cure for "Nerves" by Thomas C. (Thomas Clark) Hinkle
