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- noun Alternative spelling of
sit-down .
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Examples
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It can be built low, to serve as a "sitdown" shelter; or by making it higher you can have a shelter in which people can stand erect.
In Time of Emergency A Citizen's Handbook on Nuclear Attack, Natural Disasters (1968) United States. Office of Civil Defense
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In December 1936 the "sitdown" strike began in two plants in Flint then spread to others.
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In December 1936 the "sitdown" strike began in two plants in Flint then spread to others.
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In December 1936 the "sitdown" strike began in two plants in Flint then spread to others.
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In December 1936 the "sitdown" strike began in two plants in Flint then spread to others.
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In December 1936 the "sitdown" strike began in two plants in Flint then spread to others.
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* If the Jets win, the Colts could get a rematch of the infamous "sitdown" game, when the Colts '23-game regular-season win streak came to a regrettable and unfortunately memorable end with starters sitting late in the third quarter.
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I especially wished that stylistic principles could have been suspended long enough for a sitdown with the briefly eloquent Professor Sid Watkins, a retired neurosurgeon and former Formula 1 track doctor who became Mr. Senna's close friend.
'The Help': '60s Racism in Black and White Joe Morgenstern 2011
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"It's much bigger than the races I've done before," he said of the purse during a Thursday afternoon sitdown.
New York Ups the Ante for a 10K Race Chris Herring 2011
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Los Angeles Iranian-Americans would achieve American historical glory by shutting down the City of Angels with a peaceful sitdown strike at the Ports of L.A./Long Beach and main highways in demand for the long overdue independent, fully funded and fully empowered 9/11 investigation.
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