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- noun Plural form of
walkie-talkie .
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Examples
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Disneyland managers alternated between whispering into their walkie-talkies and periodically walking up to groups and asking, Now you guys are going to behave, right?
Jim Hill: Yippie-Dee-Doo-Dah, Part 2: When the Yippies Invaded Disneyland Jim Hill 2011
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Disneyland managers alternated between whispering into their walkie-talkies and periodically walking up to groups and asking, Now you guys are going to behave, right?
Jim Hill: Yippie-Dee-Doo-Dah, Part 2: When the Yippies Invaded Disneyland Jim Hill 2011
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Using walkie-talkies and a text message loop, we hoped to help everyone know which streets were blocked off and which tributaries remained open.
Benjamin Shepard: Protesting Budget Austerity in New York's Contested Public Spaces Benjamin Shepard 2011
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They exit -- and the mice whip off their sunglasses and take out walkie-talkies.
Over the Moon Jodi Picoult 2011
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People scurry about in gilets and fleeces, carrying walkie-talkies and tape-measures.
Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan: 'We're not the big buddies people think we are' Laura Barton 2010
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Using walkie-talkies and a text message loop, we hoped to help everyone know which streets were blocked off and which tributaries remained open.
Benjamin Shepard: Protesting Budget Austerity in New York's Contested Public Spaces Benjamin Shepard 2011
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So, you know-you might be intimidated by them, but really, they were crossing guards with walkie-talkies who happen to wear camouflage.
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Baby monitors have come a long way from the days when they were basically one-way walkie-talkies – now they have video cameras and breathing monitors attached; highchairs are now ergonomically designed pieces of craftsmanship that will take a child from six months to six years, and even potties come with electronic sensors that reward your kid's ability to poo with flashing lights and a song.
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Sheriff Ken Christesen, of San Juan County, N.M., said his officers lost service on laptops in their cars, forcing them to use walkie-talkies.
Phone Deals Dial Up Coverage Problems Anton Troianovski 2011
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The protesters have set up a security committee that patrols the park at night and communicates with walkie-talkies.
Security Concerns Emerge at Zuccotti Andrew Grossman 2011
jmjarmstrong commented on the word walkie-talkies
JM is breeding parrots and centipedes to get some walkie-talkies.
June 27, 2011