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- adjective Alternative spelling of
spring-loaded .
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Examples
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Hackle Pliers: Small springloaded pliers with which to grasp tying material.
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- In the process of getting dressed she is found at one point in my room at the end of my bed, holding one foot up in the air with her hand and hopping up and down on the other as if springloaded.
The Old Pumpkinpie-in-your-face Joke kittenpie 2009
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- In the process of getting dressed she is found at one point in my room at the end of my bed, holding one foot up in the air with her hand and hopping up and down on the other as if springloaded.
Archive 2009-02-01 kittenpie 2009
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Some piece of plastic is springloaded onto another.
Printers suck. 2009
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Hackle Pliers: Small springloaded pliers with which to grasp tying material.
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It reminds me of a staple remover Germans call it a Schwiegermutter, but that's a story for another post in that it's springloaded piece of v-shaped metal.
AmiExpat's Blankenhainer Kirschkuchen (Cherry Cake) Challenge! C N Heidelberg 2009
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She has always been skittish, jumping straight into the air as if springloaded or running away in a flurry of flying paws at sudden noises or movement.
Introducing Ginger, The Original Kittenpie kittenpie 2006
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She has always been skittish, jumping straight into the air as if springloaded or running away in a flurry of flying paws at sudden noises or movement.
Archive 2006-06-01 kittenpie 2006
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But I'm suspicious of springloaded pens because they have ruined several pants and shirts over the years.
Pen Fetish Friday Rogers 2008
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Pull on it, and at the far end it would raise a sort of window shade on a springloaded roller behind the front grill.
Kurt Vonnegut's autobiography Jenny Davidson 2006
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