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  • noun Plural form of attic.

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Examples

  • Some records have languished in attics for decades.

    Firearms watchdog on short leash Sari Horwitz 2010

  • Maybe they're hiding out in attics and security deposit boxes all over the place just waiting to be discovered.

    A Reminder: Don't Fuck With the Assistant 2010

  • Some records have languished in attics for decades.

    ATF's oversight limited in face of gun lobby Sari Horwitz 2010

  • All those yellow boxes in attics, stuffed full of little cardboard or plastic mounts.

    Brownie Points Peter Ashley 2008

  • Lots of good material here - using insulation in attics, insulating the water heater - run searches.

    Internet News: Green Guide 2008

  • These art works were taken out of the museams and put in attics and basements where they were later auctioned off in the 20th century.

    Learning From Victorian Families 2007

  • Locating all the worlds silver is impossible, there are numerous private hoards hidden in attics and safety deposit boxes, various investment bankers and bullion traders have supply, a few governments such as China likely have some silver left but China does not publish this kind of information.

    Silver shortage in the forseeable future. Canadian silver bug/Green Assassin Brigade 2006

  • Locating all the worlds silver is impossible, there are numerous private hoards hidden in attics and safety deposit boxes, various investment bankers and bullion traders have supply, a few governments such as China likely have some silver left but China does not publish this kind of information.

    Archive 2006-10-29 Canadian silver bug/Green Assassin Brigade 2006

  • The people trapped in attics and worse are, for the most part, black.

    AKMA’s Random Thoughts 2005

  • But the bodies are everywhere: hidden in attics, floating among the ruined city, crumpled on wheelchairs, abandoned on highways.

    Good news but… « BuzzMachine 2005

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