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Joscelin went for help and had to negotiate the Euphrates with 'waterwings' made from goatskins.
The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004
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They stripped them all down and put them in the pool, with waterwings on Gillam and Carly just in case.
MORE FROM GINNY BATES: MYRA AND GILLAM Maggie Jochild 2007
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Also, nice touch with the cocktails on a kickboard and vintage-style suits, though personally, I expected a little more wretched excess: Where were the Hermes waterwings?
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Also, nice touch with the cocktails on a kickboard and vintage-style suits, though personally, I expected a little more wretched excess: Where were the Hermes waterwings?
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Also, nice touch with the cocktails on a kickboard and vintage-style suits, though personally, I expected a little more wretched excess: Where were the Hermes waterwings?
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Also, nice touch with the cocktails on a kickboard and vintage-style suits, though personally, I expected a little more wretched excess: Where were the Hermes waterwings?
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She's this butterfly stroke demon, she can breathe seawater and she carries maps under her waterwings.
The Morning News 2009
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And den I’ll stuff summa yer confined spaces and den we’ll have sum tea an stromberries wiff dbl cream and I’ll git owt the plastic ground cloff and the three litre jug of cooking oil and the rollerskates and the handcuffs and the waterwings and the trapeeze and blindfold and the dwarf an hiz goat and the – eh … oh sawy, I gotz a liddle carried away.
I dun eben no… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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TRANSFER WINDOW GUIDE: The lowdown on every club as Manchester United throw the January window open with £9m bid for star Benfica winger Angel Di Maria Bassong boost for Redknapp as Spurs star is left out of Cameroon squadArsenal and Hull hit with FA charge over their mass brawl at the EmiratesA trophy for Wenger, a fit player for Moyes, waterwings for Martinez, no Man Ure for Rafa and beach balls for Bruce - the Premier League Christmas wishlistARSENAL FC
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TRANSFER WINDOW GUIDE: The lowdown on every club as Manchester United throw the January window open with £9m bid for star Benfica winger Angel Di Maria Bassong boost for Redknapp as Spurs star is left out of Cameroon squadArsenal and Hull hit with FA charge over their mass brawl at the EmiratesA trophy for Wenger, a fit player for Moyes, waterwings for Martinez, no Man Ure for Rafa and beach balls for Bruce - the Premier League Christmas wishlistARSENAL FC
treeseed commented on the word waterwings
Water wings, also called floaties, arm bands and swimmies, are a device to help a wearer float in water and learn to swim.
Water wings are typically cylindrical inflatable plastic bands that are inflated and worn on the upper arm. When the wearer is in water, the air inside the water wings provides buoyancy on account of its far lower density than the water. Although often thought of as a child's floatation device, water wings are also available in adult sizes.
Although water wings are popular among small children, swimming experts caution against using them, because although water wings help the child to float, they do not prevent him/her from accidentally going under water and potentially drowning. Waterwings are not a life-saving device. Mistaking them for one can create a potentially fatal false sense of security.
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February 11, 2008