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单词 business end
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business end


noun

the front part or end of a tool, weapon, etc., with which the work is done or from which a missile is ejected, as opposed to the handle or butt: the business end of a revolver; the business end of a screwdriver.

Origin of business end

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby business end

business class, business college, business cycle, business double, business education, business end, business English, business envelope, business intelligence, businesslike, business machine
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Example sentences from the Web for business end

  • They'll see now that some of us know the business-end of a musket.

    How Canada was Won|F. S. Brereton
  • The Gentleman who sits on a pin with its business-end uppermost.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 102, June 11, 1892|Various

British Dictionary definitions for business end

business end

noun

informal the part of a tool or weapon that does the work, as contrasted with the handle
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