Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
brace . - noun orthodontics A device for straightening teeth.
- noun dated
handcuffs - noun UK A pair of straps crossing one's shoulders and extending down to one's trousers, where a clip or button arrangement allows them to affix to the trousers, ensuring that they will not fall off.
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- noun an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
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Examples
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Woo I found out that my braces will be taken off on March which is in 5 months!!! thats only 19 months of braces~.
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Having one family member currently in braces, and two others about to get them, and rather counting on the willingness of the orthodontist to alllow me to pay over time, I await with open arms this latest effort by My National Government to protect me from myself.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Could Senator Dodd’s Consumer Protection Bureau Regulate Dentists?
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As Britain braces itself for the fallout, we take a 235-mile journey across the country, from an impoverished town in Lancashire to a wealthy one in Surrey, and hear Britons of all hues voice their fears and apprehensions over what lies in store
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Having one family member currently in braces, and two others about to get them, and rather counting on the willingness of the orthodontist to alllow me to pay over time, I await with open arms this latest effort by My National Government to protect me from myself.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Could Senator Dodd’s Consumer Protection Bureau Regulate Dentists?
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I am doomed to years of music practice, trying to draw inspiration from some tubby old Nazi in braces and knee-high socks.
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I am doomed to years of music practice, trying to draw inspiration from some tubby old Nazi in braces and knee-high socks.
Red socks, silver keys and exquisite corpses: A Birthday Story
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A choice of required parameters appear in braces separated by vertical bars.
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Thus, the fore-braces run to the top of the forecastle, the main - braces to the top of the 'midship-house, and the mizzen-braces to the poop.
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And she just got braces, which is good, because she looks like a kid and she was getting ... she's starting to look too old for me.
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The dental college will take me as a patient, if I want to pay the discounted amount for braces, which is still unaffordable.
The Twisted Logic of Medical Insurance Companies: My Personal Battle
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