Definitions
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- noun The act of
ending orconcluding something. - noun The last part of something; a
conclusion . - noun UK A
practical joke ortease . - adjective Operated by a
coiled spring that iswound byhand . - verb transitive (
UK ) Toconvince somebody that something istrue , especially when it is not, often forhumorous purposes
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Examples
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Deduct an estimated 70,000 lost Census Bureau jobs and her windup is an overall loss of between 45,000 to 50,000 jobs.
Dan Dorfman: Lady Dracula's Gory Jobs Story Dan Dorfman 2010
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Deduct an estimated 70,000 lost Census Bureau jobs and her windup is an overall loss of between 45,000 to 50,000 jobs.
Dan Dorfman: Lady Dracula's Gory Jobs Story Dan Dorfman 2010
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Deduct an estimated 70,000 lost Census Bureau jobs and her windup is an overall loss of between 45,000 to 50,000 jobs.
Dan Dorfman: Lady Dracula's Gory Jobs Story Dan Dorfman 2010
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Deduct an estimated 70,000 lost Census Bureau jobs and her windup is an overall loss of between 45,000 to 50,000 jobs.
Dan Dorfman: Lady Dracula's Gory Jobs Story Dan Dorfman 2010
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Deduct an estimated 70,000 lost Census Bureau jobs and her windup is an overall loss of between 45,000 to 50,000 jobs.
Dan Dorfman: Lady Dracula's Gory Jobs Story Dan Dorfman 2010
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Mr. Maine said he's not convinced that his windup is the cause of his strange injury.
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The windup was a new "seat" installed and a cushion for the "kicking mule."
The Second William Penn A true account of incidents that happened along the old Santa Fe Trail William H. Ryus
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The windup was the obvious and strongest Liberal line: "Don't vote for protest parties."
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed GORDON GIBSON 2011
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The windup was the obvious and strongest Liberal line: "Don't vote for protest parties."
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed GORDON GIBSON 2011
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Just because he's diminutive doesn't mean he can't pitch, and he's proven that while his windup is a bit funky, his mechanics are so good that it isn't a risk at this point (and the two Cy Youngs in a row should have put that to rest).
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