tic-tac

• “Radiologists look for certain tell-tale patterns: 1) a column of oblong objects, known as the "tic-tac sign"; 2) a flowerlike pattern of air formed in the knot that holds the packet shut, known as the "rosette sign"; or 3) a circular ring of air trapped between layers of latex, known as the "double condom sign.”

  Slate Magazine

• “Her nest is about the size of a golf ball, with eggs being about the size of a tic-tac candy.”

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• “The membrane of secrets dissolved like a tic-tac; my breath became stale.”

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• “B-6 vitamins are cheap and are typically very small (smaller than a tic-tac) and can be taken without any water.”

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• “It's now protected and tangle-free, and I got to recycle a tic-tac container into the bargain!”

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• “Here in New York City, we regularly encounter potholes that can be as many as 20 sunglasses wide, and such a pothole can gobble up a tiny front wheel like Rottweiler swallowing a tic-tac.”

  BSNYC Post-Wednesday Boondoggle!

• “B-6 vitamins are cheap and are typically very small smaller than a tic-tac and can be taken without any water.”

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• “But the tic-tac was quite historic for country guitar, and his sound that he invented for Cash's Tennessee Two produced a great effect.”

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• “The "imagine what position your legs would have to be in..." comment made me hork a tic-tac onto my keyboard.”

  This'll Cure that Freaky Fetish

• “But once I pulled it from the drawer filled with hardened rubber band balls, misshapen paper clips, linty gum wrappers and tic-tac boxes filled with aspirin, I was all good.”

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