strapping

• “The driver was a big burly guy who was very effecient in strapping first my wheelchair to the van and then me into the chair.”

  OK

• “He inquired about my luggage, which I told him would arrive later, then he called a strapping porter who had a chairlike contraption strapped to his back.”

  Carson of Venus

• “Bad reports were current there of male teachers driven out by a certain strapping lad.”

  Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences 1815-1897

• “Of course they did ship yesterday, if you call strapping it to the back of a turtle and pointing him in the direction of my house shipping it.”

  Cult of Mac

• ““What you see on the Web site is an illusion,” said Croatian tourist Hrvojka Skokovic, who recalled strapping nylon bags to her feet before stepping into a grungy shower during her June 2004 visit.”

  Landmark Hotel Pennsylvania Needs Big Dose of Lysol

• “I doubt that means all Muslims will agree to the notion of strapping on a bomb over their Jockey shorts; but does the religion not insist that when push comes to shove there is an obligation to stand up and be counted as part of the “cause” to crush the infidels.”

  Firedoglake » Memorial Day Truth: There Is No “War on Terror”

• “One being that, as you say, they are beginning to hone in -- and I said all along, this is where they should have gone, but you know, armchair quarterback -- the people who were hanging out with him that night, one in particular, a man referred to as a strapping Russian-American who lives in the Bronx.”

  CNN Transcript Jan 11, 2006

• “Jim came up with the idea of strapping some old buggy seats in the back when we had paying passengers.”

  Simon & Schuster: Half Broke Horses

• “Mrs Willders persisted in calling her strapping sons "boys," despite the evidence to the contrary on their cheeks and chins.”

  Fighting the Flames

• “Vermont-based snowboarder Parker Fothergill was enthusiastic about the idea of strapping his feet astride Anderson's image.”

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