In dictionaries:
shoulder blades
Bones supporting arms, back located.
razor blades
Sharp blades for cutting hair.
rotor blades
turbine blades
fan blades
knife blades
grass blades
a 2002 sculpture by John Fleming, r/b/f architecture, and Susan Zoccola, installed in Seattle Center, in the U.S. state of Washington.
roller blades
oar blades
gay blades
a 1946 American comedy film directed by George Blair and written by Albert Beich and Marcy Klauber.
joan blades
Joan Ellen Blades (born March 18, 1956) is an American computer software entrepreneur, political activist, and author.
blades of grass
razor and blades
(business, attributive) A business model where one item is sold cheaply (or given away for free) in order to increase sales of a complementary good, such as blades for a razor, or ink cartridges for a printer.
Razor and blades model
Although the concept and the catchphrase "Give 'em the razor; sell 'em the blades" are widely credited to King Camp Gillette, the inventor of the safety razor, Gillette did not in fact follow this model.
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