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- noun Plural form of
brace . - noun orthodontics A device for straightening teeth.
- noun dated
handcuffs - noun UK A pair of straps crossing one's shoulders and extending down to one's trousers, where a clip or button arrangement allows them to affix to the trousers, ensuring that they will not fall off.
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- noun an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
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Examples
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Woo I found out that my braces will be taken off on March which is in 5 months!!! thats only 19 months of braces~.
monkiigirl Diary Entry monkiigirl 2007
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Having one family member currently in braces, and two others about to get them, and rather counting on the willingness of the orthodontist to alllow me to pay over time, I await with open arms this latest effort by My National Government to protect me from myself.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Could Senator Dodd’s Consumer Protection Bureau Regulate Dentists? 2010
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As Britain braces itself for the fallout, we take a 235-mile journey across the country, from an impoverished town in Lancashire to a wealthy one in Surrey, and hear Britons of all hues voice their fears and apprehensions over what lies in store
Cuts come to a green and pleasant land Jamie Doward 2010
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Having one family member currently in braces, and two others about to get them, and rather counting on the willingness of the orthodontist to alllow me to pay over time, I await with open arms this latest effort by My National Government to protect me from myself.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Could Senator Dodd’s Consumer Protection Bureau Regulate Dentists? 2010
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I am doomed to years of music practice, trying to draw inspiration from some tubby old Nazi in braces and knee-high socks.
Archive 2007-04-01 lili 2007
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I am doomed to years of music practice, trying to draw inspiration from some tubby old Nazi in braces and knee-high socks.
Red socks, silver keys and exquisite corpses: A Birthday Story lili 2007
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A choice of required parameters appear in braces separated by vertical bars.
Syntax Conventions 2001
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Thus, the fore-braces run to the top of the forecastle, the main - braces to the top of the 'midship-house, and the mizzen-braces to the poop.
Chapter 31 1914
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And she just got braces, which is good, because she looks like a kid and she was getting ... she's starting to look too old for me.
First Parents Let Details Slip About First Daughters' White House Lives (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The dental college will take me as a patient, if I want to pay the discounted amount for braces, which is still unaffordable.
The Twisted Logic of Medical Insurance Companies: My Personal Battle 2009
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