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- noun Plural form of
breakable .
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Examples
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As neither coffee, tea, nor china had come into use, the cups and saucers which another century brought in -- to delight their owners in that day and the ceramic hunter in this -- were not among the "breakables" of the "good-wife" of the MAY-FLOWER.
The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete Azel Ames 1876
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Just put the breakables way up high, and enjoy their enjoyment. kblogger´s last post ..
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For breakables, I've had good luck wrapping them in t-shirts and putting them in the middle of my suitcase.
Common Household Items Make Packing Easier | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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And I eat with one hand while the other hand blocks grabby hands, or shoves morsels into the kids gaping maw, or grabs silverware back, or retrieves things off the floor, or moves breakables out of harms way, or shakes a rattle, or wipes a dribbling chin.
10 Things To Do Before You Become A Parent | Her Bad Mother 2009
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… The group was started by Pat Dexter, who started coming to the park with his homemade hoops several years ago, he said, because he was looking for wide-open spaces to hoop, spaces away from lamps and other breakables ‘I teach P.E. and I googled ‘Hula Hooping’ one day, and hooping. org came up and I couldn’t believe it.
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And there are lots of doors off our living room; lots of breakables therein; and no safe place for me, plus a squirrel.
Elizabeth Boleman-Herring: The Squirrel Amongst the Razors in Occam's Butter Churn Elizabeth Boleman-Herring 2012
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"I'm a very practiced schlepper of breakables," she says.
Parties That Throw Themselves Katherine Rosman 2011
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And there are lots of doors off our living room; lots of breakables therein; and no safe place for me, plus a squirrel.
Elizabeth Boleman-Herring: The Squirrel Amongst the Razors in Occam's Butter Churn Elizabeth Boleman-Herring 2012
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He doesn't counter-cruise or lounge about on the dining-room table, and I've never had to worry about breakables being knocked off mantels or pills off dressers because he's just not inclined to roam about on high objects.
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When all else fails and cabin fever sets in, clear the decks of breakables and have a pillow fight.
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