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Beds and basinets just sat in the parking lot, empty of patients but full of dirt and sand.
Paradise General Dr. Dave Hnida 2010
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Beds and basinets just sat in the parking lot, empty of patients but full of dirt and sand.
Paradise General Dr. Dave Hnida 2010
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One of the most heart wrenching images I saw was a nursery, seven basinets in that nursery, destroyed by a bomb, by a missile that landed not too far away.
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They shook their blades and thundered forth their acclaim of their warrior king - knights in gold-chased armor, pikemen in mail coats and basinets, archers in their leather jerkins, with their longbows in their left hand.
The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989
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They shook their blades and thundered forth their acclaim of their warrior king - knights in gold-chased armor, pikemen in mail coats and basinets, archers in their leather jerkins, with their longbows in their left hand.
The Hour Of The Dragon Howard, Robert E. 1977
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And we dream on; and we are on the dusty road in the moonlight, riding along, dusky figures at our side, knee to knee; the dust hangs on their mail, and dulls the moon's sparkle on the basinets.
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It is Mr. Roe's opinion that the defensive armour on the quarter jacks dates from the first half of the fifteenth century, the plain oviform breastplates and basinets, as well as the continuation of the tassets round the hips, being very characteristic features of this period.
Vanishing England 1892
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Middle Ages, had no other Heraldry ever been devised, assuredly ornaments of some kind would have been placed on helms and basinets, and these insignia would have been held in high esteem and honour.
The Handbook to English Heraldry Charles Boutell 1844
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If your friends and family are willing to hand down old basinets, bibs, and burp cloths to you, by all means accept.
Slate Magazine Brian Palmer 2011
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Adds four NICU beds, which also could be used as eight well-baby basinets
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