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sylvester [sil′ves·tər]

(mining engineering)

A hand-operated device for withdrawing supports from the waste or old workings in a mine by means of a long chain which allows the device to be positioned at a safe distance from the support to be extracted.

Sylvester

the lisping feline star of film cartoons. [TV: “The Bugs Bunny Show” in Terrace, I, 125]

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