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Cut and dried

   Also found in: Idioms 0.02 sec.
prepered beforehand; not spontaneous.

See also: Cut



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Perkins followed; she had several petitions at her command, good sincere ones too, but a little cut and dried, made of scripture texts laboriously woven together.
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context
I had certainly been flushed with wine when I left Rattray; it would be no bad thing for him to hear that I had arrived quite tipsy at the cottage; should he discover I had been near an hour on the way, here was my explanation cut and dried.
Dead Men Tell No Tales by Hornung, E. W. View in context
One must bring his meditations cut and dried, or else cut and dry them afterward.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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