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Examples
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Goths, straight-edge skinheads, and hard-core punks keep watch at the front.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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I gave them the impression that I had been doing drugs, even though I was devoutly straight-edge, and so were my friends.
Twenty-three-year-olds Shouldn't Be Writing Memoirs (Ch 2) Robert David Moseley 2011
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They talk about my short skirts but I was very straight-edge, a hard-working non-party girl.
NYU's GOP Club Kids Ralph Gardner Jr. 2010
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To get a feel of how small the margin of error is when taping drywall, take a straight-edge or a broad knife and place it across the tapered edges of two pieces of drywall.
Taping drywall is not as easy as it looks on do-it-yourself shows 2011
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I knew where my father kept his straight-edge razors; and my mother was taking many more pills than she used to.
The Dark Side of Innocence Terri Cheney 2011
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Being spanked with a leather belt (there was a stropping belt for a straight-edge razor which may have been a little softer than a real belt).
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Goths, straight-edge skinheads, and hard-core punks keep watch at the front.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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I gave them the impression that I had been doing drugs, even though I was devoutly straight-edge, and so were my friends.
Twenty-three-year-olds Shouldn't Be Writing Memoirs (Ch 2) Robert David Moseley 2011
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It looked like a straight-edge affixed to the dropouts while the bike was in a Park Team Race stand with a vertical member that traveled fore and aft on the straight-edge.
Technical FAQ with Lennard Zinn: Brake questions, compatibility and New Year’s feedback 2011
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I knew where my father kept his straight-edge razors; and my mother was taking many more pills than she used to.
The Dark Side of Innocence Terri Cheney 2011
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