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bobby pin: a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place; "in England they call a bobby pin a grip"

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fastener collapse: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place; a person who fastens or makes fast; "he found the door fastened and wondered who the fastener was"

peeler collapse: a device for peeling vegetables or fruits; "she invented a potato peeler"; a worker who peels the skins from fruits and vegetables

bobby collapse: an informal term for a British policeman

police officer collapse

dick collapse: someone who is a detective

paddy collapse: rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown; (slur) a person of Irish descent

nab collapse: seize suddenly; tag the base runner to get him out

lacing collapse: a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage

girth collapse: the distance around a person's body; encircle or bind; "Trees girded the green fields"

hammer and sickle collapse: the emblem on the flag of the Soviet Union

heraldry collapse: emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms; the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies

flatfoot collapse: a foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and spread out; a policeman who patrols a given region

livery collapse: the care (feeding and stabling) of horses for pay; uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs

transfix collapse: pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer"

cop collapse

tartan collapse: a cloth having a crisscross design

thistle collapse: any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves

constable collapse: a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff; a police officer of the lowest rank; English landscape painter (1776-1837)

fuzz collapse: the first beard of an adolescent boy

gumshoe collapse

sander collapse

policeman collapse: a member of a police force; "it was an accident, officer"

fasces collapse: bundle of rods containing an axe with the blade protruding; in ancient Rome it was a symbol of a magistrate's power; in modern Italy it is a symbol of fascism

immobilize collapse: cause to be unable to move; "The sudden storm immobilized the traffic"; convert (assets) into fixed capital; make defenseless; hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital

gendarme collapse: a French policeman

button collapse: a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes; any artifact that resembles a button; a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment; "they passed out campaign buttons for their candidate"; any of various plant parts that resemble buttons; fasten with buttons; "button the dress"; provide with buttons; "button a shirt"

shamrock collapse

ascribe collapse

emblem collapse: special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.; a visible symbol representing an abstract idea

situate collapse: put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"; determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey; "Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space"; "Locate the boundaries of the property"

mace collapse: a ceremonial staff carried as a symbol of office or authority; spice made from the dried fleshy covering of the nutmeg seed; (trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization

smoother collapse

pea brained collapse

regalia collapse: paraphernalia indicative of royalty (or other high office)

wand collapse: a rod used by a magician or water diviner; a thin supple twig or rod; "stems bearing slender wands of flowers"

spindle collapse: a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning; any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts; (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle; "chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis"

pintle collapse: a pin or bolt forming the pivot of a hinge

headless collapse: not having a head or formed without a head ; "the headless horseman"; "brads are headless nails"

home in on collapse

bangle collapse: cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing

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