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- adjective Of a
mechanical device , containing acomponent thatcompresses orextends a spring while held in place and so springs free when released.
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Examples
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The four car-stops so far this evening have been washouts: three municipals - a postal inspector, a transit clerk, and a garbageman, all city employees off-limits - and one guy who did have a six-inch blade under his seat, but no spring-release.
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The four car-stops so far this evening have been washouts: three municipals -- a postal inspector, a transit clerk, and a garbageman, all city employees off-limits -- and one guy who did have a six-inch blade under his seat, but no spring-release.
Books: “Lush Life” 2009
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The four car-stops so far this evening have been washouts: three municipals — a postal inspector, a transit clerk, and a garbageman, all city employees off-limits — and one guy who did have a six-inch blade under his seat, but no spring-release.
'Lush Life' 2008
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These traps are made from plastic and have a spring-release trap door at one end that closes behind the animal once he or she enters the trap.
Gothamist 2009
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