Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A thimble or annular plate used to reinforce a hole in a boiler.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Steam Boiler) An annular reënforce, to strengthen a place where a hole is made.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
annular reinforcement in asteam boiler , to strengthen a place where a hole is made.
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Examples
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LOL waz tu postified, waz juss inna wong sput, waz furter dawn awn teh front paj
Velcro cat - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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"Most of these people like things that go bang, pop, sput, fizz," says Mr. Hull.
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We did not even bank democracy for fundamentalists who enslave their women and sput at the western world.
Dear Hillary: Fuck off already. CC 2008
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I would've loved to have seen the expression on his face when you asked for his creds, though. perfect. "sput sput, sput"
Blogging against Disablism: those lazy, deceiving disabled..why won't they die? Elizabeth McClung 2007
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Oh man, sput nut looks good, but the closest to my locale is in the Tri-Cities area of W.
Oh the guilt Tripp 2006
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But the bubble went *sput*, and there was MagicTheGatheringtm.
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Sean, Scott and I managed to limp out of New Jersey only to be met by the sput-sput-sputtering of Bessie the Land Rover as she ran out of gas and stopped in a mosquito-infested feeder road outside White Marsh, Maryland.
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Sean, Scott and I managed to limp out of New Jersey only to be met by the sput-sput-sputtering of Bessie the Land Rover as she ran out of gas and stopped in a mosquito-infested feeder road outside White Marsh, Maryland.
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He sput - tered, blinked, and headed for the nearest solid surface -
The Gates of Thorbardin Parkinson, Dan 1990
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He sput - tered, blinked, and headed for the nearest solid surface -
The Gates of Thorbardin Parkinson, Dan 1990
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