sharpener

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A device for making things sharp.

   • There was a pencil sharpener at the front of the classroom.
2. 2

   That which makes something sharp.

   • “Sir,” said the shepherd, “poverty is a great sharpener of the wits. […]
3. 3

   An alcoholic drink taken at the start of the day, or just before a meal.

   • The summery G&T somehow loses its clink-clink-fizz perfection as an after-work sharpener and just seems to rub our noses in the dank gloom ahead.
   • And the new daycap has little in common with the stiff gin of the old-fashioned sharpener. Instead, it revolves around “spritz culture, mood-based cocktails, and small serves that tap into the sweet treat economy”.

The neighborhood

• neighborsharp