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- noun Plural form of
tumbril .
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Examples
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On that day will the Jobsworths of this land hear the very sound of the tumbrils rolling and they will shake with fear as their Empires totter and break.
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They might not be able to enjoy the kind of victory parade down the Champs-Elysees that brought Auckland's Queen Street to a standstill on Monday, but neither will there be tumbrils parked outside the airport terminal.
French game given timely lift by a fictional All Black | Richard Williams 2011
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On that day will the Jobsworths of this land hear the very sound of the tumbrils rolling and they will shake with fear as their Empires totter and break.
Archive 2009-08-30 2009
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Watch Tory ratings rise not fall as Cameron sends the tumbrils off to the guillotine.
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Watch Tory ratings rise not fall as Cameron sends the tumbrils off to the guillotine.
Archive 2008-06-15 2008
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Had Sven-Goran Eriksson or Steve McClaren made the decision to pick King and then been forced to withdraw him halfway through the opening match, the tumbrils would have been rolling in the direction of the Tower.
Fabio Capello given wake-up call by England's World Cup draw with USA Richard Williams in Rustenburg 2010
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I thought she traveled exclusively by horse drawn tumbrils.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens: The Blithering Inferno. Tallulah Morehead 2010
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I thought she traveled exclusively by horse drawn tumbrils.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens: The Blithering Inferno. Tallulah Morehead 2010
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I thought she traveled exclusively by horse drawn tumbrils.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens: The Blithering Inferno. Tallulah Morehead 2010
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I thought she traveled exclusively by horse drawn tumbrils.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens: The Blithering Inferno. Tallulah Morehead 2010
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