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I wonder about the meaning of "with the profile of a finely honed hatchet" Please.. His wife, a tiny woman with the profile of a finely honed hatchet, worked in the fitting room, loudly supervising the tailors. I wonder about the meaning of "with the profile of a finely honed hatchet" Please..

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A profile is a view from the side. So if she turned sideways, she looked the same as looking at a sharp axe. She was so skinny she almost disappeared when she turned sideways.
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The author has used a metaphor comparing the face to a hatchet which is a small, short-handled axe having the end of the head opposite the blade, in the form of a hammer, made to be used with one hand.
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It means she had a face with very sharp angles, like a hatchet when you look at it from the side. Abraham Lincoln is sometimes described as hatchet-faced: http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xzRABkgg_Knmk1p5MAd_Mw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTYwMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/blogs/movietalk/lincoln-beard630-jpg_015739.jpg

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