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sylvester

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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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Sylvester Lovett, who was cashier in his father's bank, always found his way to the tent on Saturday night.
For a long time there was a feud between the baker and a grey cat that belonged to Sylvester West, the druggist.
 
 
 
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