Citations:cut of one's jib

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English citations of cut of one's jib

  1. (idiomatic, dated) A person's general appearance, manner, or style.
    • 1994, Karel Montor, Ethics for the Junior Officer: A Gift from the USNA Class of 1964 to the USNA Class of 1994, Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, published 1999, →ISBN, page ix:
      The military ethic comes naturally to people of many personality "cuts," many "cuts of their jib."
      At present, the only occurrence of the plural form cuts of their jib.
    • 2008 February 3, NPR:
      From the moment I saw him I disliked the cut of his jib.
      Said to have been used by a news commentator in describing the popularity among some Texas voters of Kinky Friedman, independent candidate for Texas governor in the 2006 election. Unable to verify this quotation.
    • 2013, Matthew Berry, “Fantasy Focus Football”, in ESPN:
      "It's so frustrating, I mean, Cordarrelle Patterson, I really like the cut of his jib!"
      Unable to verify this quotation.