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handbrake

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handbrake
1. a brake operated by a hand lever
2. the lever that operates the handbrake


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He then let off the handbrake of dad's car and rolled it up to the glass and drove off.
Simon Cowell has been Mr Nasty his whole life, says family by Asian News International
But now the company has agreed to a modification after discovering the handbrake could become partially released, particularly if the car is not in gear.
Vectras recalled over brake problem; Vauxhall acts over 250,000 models by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
The car's moment of glory came when I neglected to put the requisite grunt into engaging the handbrake and, overnight, the brown Passat creaked, driverless, 25 yards down the road before rolling to a stop, unharmed, in the middle of a roundabout.
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