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- noun Plural form of
carburetor .
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Examples
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He liked to break down mechanical parts, such as carburetors, and teach his daughters to clean and put them back together.
SplicedFeed 2010
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I lingered over my breakfast, eagerly taking in animated talk of rebuilt carburetors, rumored textile mill layoffs and Ted Williams.
Carleton Kendrick: My Eight-Year-Old Coming of Age at Nick's Lunch Carleton Kendrick 2011
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In next year's Meineke Car Bowl, will it be for "all the carburetors?"
Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2011
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In next year's Meineke Car Bowl, will it be for "all the carburetors?"
Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2011
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In next year's Meineke Car Bowl, will it be for "all the carburetors?"
Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2011
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I lingered over my breakfast, eagerly taking in animated talk of rebuilt carburetors, rumored textile mill layoffs and Ted Williams.
Carleton Kendrick: My Eight-Year-Old Coming of Age at Nick's Lunch Carleton Kendrick 2011
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"No, I don't want to learn how to fix carburetors," she said, rolling her eyes, when I questioned her interest in touring a high school called Brooklyn Tech.
Alison Craiglow Hockenberry: An Artsy Fartsy Mom Gets All Techy: Why I Embrace Science and Math Alison Craiglow Hockenberry 2011
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As he tells the story, one summer he was learning to fix carburetors in his father's auto-repair shop.
The Man Who Defined Deviancy Up Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011
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"No, I don't want to learn how to fix carburetors," she said, rolling her eyes, when I questioned her interest in touring a high school called Brooklyn Tech.
Alison Craiglow Hockenberry: An Artsy Fartsy Mom Gets All Techy: Why I Embrace Science and Math Alison Craiglow Hockenberry 2011
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But for his teacher's subterfuge, he jokes, I would today be out of work because cars no longer have carburetors.
The Man Who Defined Deviancy Up Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011
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