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- noun Plural form of
drawbridge .
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Examples
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WSDOT’s traffic modeling (which was about a two-drawbridge configuration that added 2 general purpose lane rather than transit/HOV lanes) showed that the two-bridge configuration retains a lot of congestion approaching the drawbridges from the north.
Neighborhood Activists Still Oppose State’s 520 Option « PubliCola 2010
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"drawbridges," and what not, and perhaps some officer of high rank with
The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 Leander Stillwell 1888
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Ralph Lomma was the idea guy; his brother concentrated on building the eye-catching mechanical decor, like drawbridges and blinking lighthouses.
A Giant of Miniature Golf's Goofy Greens Stephen Miller 2011
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In the current economic climate, some enterprises are hunkering down and pulling up the drawbridges.
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Is America preparing to raise its economic drawbridges?
Goodbye, Free Trade? Douglas A. Irwin 2010
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The architect of said space, filled with mysterious drawbridges, secret passageways, Christian iconography, broken mosaics and hidden rooms with bunk beds, is Sibyl, whose vision for the Brooklyn abode was about recreating a kindergarten for adults.
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School districts in Florida, Pennsylvania and New Jersey all boasted recently about new address-verification programs designed to pull up their drawbridges and keep "illegal students" from entering their gates.
The Latest Crime Wave: Sending Your Child to a Better School Micheal Flaherty 2011
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Temperamental drawbridges along Connecticut coast impede trains and boats.
Troubled Bridges Over Water Andrew Grossman 2011
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When the rains come in earnest, the trolls will discover the drawbridges to those estates are up.
Hard choices Tom Toles 2011
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And then there's the river itself, winding its way toward Utrecht through a series of quaint towns accessible to bikers by drawbridges.
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