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[ noun ] rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
Synonyms Used in print (Sports Age, 24:9...)There were umbrella_tents , wall_tents , cottage_tents , station_wagon tents , pup_tents , Pop_tents , Baker tents , tents with exterior frames , camper_trailers , travel_trailers , and even a_few surplus parachutes serving as sunshades over entire family camps . (Jesse Hill Ford, Mountains of Gilead....)Or you could hope the parachute would n't open just so you could say you saw it not open , not because you meant any harm to Starkey_Poe in his suit of red underwear , but mainly because you were tired_of being an old_maid - a thing which cannot admit when it thinks it might be pregnant , but must stand the dizzy feeling all alone and go_on like everything is all_right instead of being able to say to somebody in a normal voice : `` I think I 'm pregnant '' . Related terms rescue_equipment drogue_parachute drogue parasail harness static_line shroud canopy ripcord sky_dive |
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