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- noun climbing A set of two
carabiners connected by astrap
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Examples
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Army was carrying out research on armed ground robots which found that "instituting a 'quickdraw' response made them much more effective than an unarmed variation that had to call for fires from other assets."
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Carabiner "It's called a quickdraw, and it's useful for hooking things together, like my briefcase to my overnight bag.
Inc.com 2010
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You have to make a judgement call between glacier and (steady) quickdraw.
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Clipping the quickdraw on the way down, on the other hand, very nearly did.
i was stirring my brandy with a nail buymeaclue 2009
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You have to make a judgement call between glacier and (steady) quickdraw.
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Whereas speeches are an opportunity for scale and scansion, debates demand quickdraw putdowns.
Azeem Ibrahim: Televised Political Debates Dumb Down Democracy Azeem Ibrahim 2010
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Whereas speeches are an opportunity for scale and scansion, debates demand quickdraw putdowns.
Azeem Ibrahim: Televised Political Debates Dumb Down Democracy Azeem Ibrahim 2010
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Whereas speeches are an opportunity for scale and scansion, debates demand quickdraw putdowns.
Azeem Ibrahim: Televised Political Debates Dumb Down Democracy 2010
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Whereas speeches are an opportunity for scale and scansion, debates demand quickdraw putdowns.
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His quickdraw reaction and words strike me as something he would like to clarify or retract.
No need for dissection Randy Smith 2005
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