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- noun Alternative spelling of
band-aid .
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Examples
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May 27, 2009 at 5: 09 am love batman's adam west-y face and robin's chin bandaid
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Apparently, at nine and ten, the urge to sport an unnecessary bandaid is still as strong as when they were five.
Bandaids, Strippers and Prison: What do These Things Have in Common? @ Attack of the Redneck Mommy 2006
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As we speak, I'm free-lance editing a writer who makes your "used bandage" manuscript look like the used bandaid from a paper cut.
Word Blind 2006
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Long term bandaid which will need to be fixed in about 10 years time.
Afghan opium 2007
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I don't want to see another short-term bandaid - I want real tax and regulatory reform.
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Of course people are confused, not understanding that a detox unit is a shortterm bandaid to a longterm problem.
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I want to make clear, however, that the sort of help we are providing is not just short-term relief, not 'bandaid' solutions.
How Aid Works 1998
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And then I'd end up back in group, picking at my bandaid, listening to the others talk about their crises and withdrawals and recoveries.
Odin's Day arielstarshadow 2009
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Roman told HuffPost that up until 2009, the number of homeless and doubled-up families increased had been decreasing since 2005, due in large part to a big push to improve the U.S. homeless assistance system by moving it away from bandaid strategies, such as shelters and soup kitchens, and more toward lasting solutions.
Unemployment, Housing Prices Forced More Families To 'Double Up' In 2009 Laura Bassett 2011
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Roman told HuffPost that up until 2009, the number of homeless and doubled-up families increased had been decreasing since 2005, due in large part to a big push to improve the U.S. homeless assistance system by moving it away from bandaid strategies, such as shelters and soup kitchens, and more toward lasting solutions.
Unemployment, Housing Prices Forced More Families To 'Double Up' In 2009 Laura Bassett 2011
jodi commented on the word bandaid
For IrE, use plaster instead.
March 31, 2011