She could peel an apple with a single long paring. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Noun : apple parings. From Dictionary.com.
The truth is that for Unionists the idea of paring the claws of the Irish Party offers a tempting prospect. From Wordnik.com. [Ireland and the Home Rule Movement] Reference
Take about fifty Pippins; quarter and core them, without paring them: for the paring is the Cordialest part of them. From Wordnik.com. [The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened] Reference
I do have to admit, the idea of paring down to core services at a time of extreme budget stress is a pretty good one. From Wordnik.com. [Mike The Actuary's Musings » Actuarial Musings] Reference
This kind of paring down underlies Was She Pretty?. From Wordnik.com. [Leanne Shapton’s Quirky Portraits of Lost Loves « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference
That could mean that customers may not get the first aircraft until 2010, "paring". From Wordnik.com. [IBTimes.com RSS Feed - Politics & Policy] Reference
And just, I guess, it seems like, between you guys more and you both kind of paring back on what the activity you're planning for '08. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
He returns to the sink and picks up a paring knife. From Wordnik.com. [The Case for Mashed Potatoes] Reference
Bernhard has thrown himself into paring out the fat. From Wordnik.com. [Stuck In Low Gear] Reference
She carefully cuts her finger with the paring knife. From Wordnik.com. [Three Cigarette Stories.] Reference
And then it was time to begin paring vegetables again. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of a Boy Reporter] Reference
Next come the singles, sitting ducks for the paring knife. From Wordnik.com. [No Kick From Champagne] Reference
Further down his jacket in a back pocket was a paring knife. From Wordnik.com. ['Bout Apples] Reference
I can't vouch for the number, but companies are paring payrolls. From Wordnik.com. [This Economy Won't Walk] Reference
And the fellow pointed to a great bag of potatoes and a paring-knife. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of a Boy Reporter] Reference
How can you lay megabucks on him while paring workers to conserve cash?. From Wordnik.com. [The Hit Men] Reference
I sleep with a paring knife under my pillow and say prayers for Summer. From Wordnik.com. [Wolfskin] Reference
The skin of the soles of the feet of some animals requires paring down. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
The skin will loosen and be easy to remove with your hands or a paring knife. From Wordnik.com. [Kurt Michael Friese: Coping with Tomato Overload] Reference
After the moon has crisped black, the curtain pulls back on a paring of light. From Wordnik.com. [Eclipse] Reference
Rumsfeld has been widely criticized for paring down the occupation force for Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [A BATTLE OVER BLAME] Reference
Bank is considering paring its holdings in asset manager it deems a non-core unit. From Wordnik.com. [Bank of America Has BlackRock Stake On Its Mind] Reference
Boil 6 tart apples, after paring them as for sauce, remove from fire, sweeten a little. From Wordnik.com. [The Cookery Blue Book] Reference
In view of this reality, I continue to recommend paring back stocks, especially cyclicals. From Wordnik.com. [The Liquidation Isn't Over] Reference
Stock indexes started the trading day deep in the red before slowly paring their declines. From Wordnik.com. [Dow's Losing Streak: 3 Days] Reference
I find a paring knife in the drawer and peel away the upper and lower poles of the orange. From Wordnik.com. [My Life In Five Paragraphs] Reference
After washing, remove the green caps with a light twist or with the point of a paring knife. From Wordnik.com. [Health Weekender: Picking better strawberries—does size matter?] Reference
She scoured a paring knife thoughtfully and polished it off before she ventured a new suggestion. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow Hill] Reference
And even though that number now is down to five, Lazor said Tuesday that further paring is needed. From Wordnik.com. [Among true freshmen Virginia quarterbacks, Michael Rocco stands out so far in training camp] Reference
No doubt some taxes will be raised, but the bulk will have to come from paring the size of the state. From Wordnik.com. [Don’t Waste A Crisis] Reference
The handle of a paring knife juts at an angle from one side, the point barely protruding from the other. From Wordnik.com. [Pirates In Tuxedos] Reference
Ford also cultivated loyal employees, featuring them in ads and paring payrolls carefully to minimize layoffs. From Wordnik.com. [GM: It's Rocky in Recovery] Reference
Yet Democratic lawmakers have been paring down what was once an ambitious piece of climate-change legislation. From Wordnik.com. [Cities Seek Clout for 'Green' Taxi Rules] Reference
"We recommend paring back positions" in emerging markets like India and China, says David Kastner, a Charles Schwab analyst. From Wordnik.com. [Capital Ideas] Reference
The sensible thing would be to decide which forms of public welfare are needed to protect the vulnerable and to begin paring others. From Wordnik.com. [Our Sinking Welfare State] Reference
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