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- noun UK a
system ofsign language used bybookmakers atracecourses tocommunicate odds andbets ; an associated group ofwords for eachsign
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Examples
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Radiologists look for certain tell-tale patterns: 1) a column of oblong objects, known as the "tic-tac sign"; 2) a flowerlike pattern of air formed in the knot that holds the packet shut, known as the "rosette sign"; or 3) a circular ring of air trapped between layers of latex, known as the "double condom sign."
Slate Magazine Brian Palmer 2011
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Her nest is about the size of a golf ball, with eggs being about the size of a tic-tac candy.
Hummingbird webcam: I know what I’ll be doing today! « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog 2010
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B-6 vitamins are cheap and are typically very small (smaller than a tic-tac) and can be taken without any water.
Hangover Cures: Myth, Legend, Fact | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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It's now protected and tangle-free, and I got to recycle a tic-tac container into the bargain!
Archive: Oct 08 - Mar 09 Cath@VWXYNot? 2009
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The membrane of secrets dissolved like a tic-tac; my breath became stale.
secrets Jane Flett 2011
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Here in New York City, we regularly encounter potholes that can be as many as 20 sunglasses wide, and such a pothole can gobble up a tiny front wheel like Rottweiler swallowing a tic-tac.
BSNYC Post-Wednesday Boondoggle! BikeSnobNYC 2010
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B-6 vitamins are cheap and are typically very small smaller than a tic-tac and can be taken without any water.
Hangover Cures: Myth, Legend, Fact | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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But the tic-tac was quite historic for country guitar, and his sound that he invented for Cash's Tennessee Two produced a great effect.
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But the tic-tac was quite historic for country guitar, and his sound that he invented for Cash's Tennessee Two produced a great effect.
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The "imagine what position your legs would have to be in..." comment made me hork a tic-tac onto my keyboard.
This'll Cure that Freaky Fetish Jen 2009
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