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sledge

1 (esp US and Canadian), sled
1. a vehicle mounted on runners, drawn by horses or dogs, for transporting people or goods, esp over snow
2. a light wooden frame used, esp by children, for sliding over snow; toboggan
3. NZ a farm vehicle mounted on runners, for use on rough or muddy ground

sledge

2
an insult aimed at another player during a game of cricket
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sledgehammer, sledge

A large hammer having two faces; weighs up to 100 lb (45 kg); grasped with both hands.
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In less than an hour he left the rudder and furled his sails, whilst the sledge, carried forward by the great impetus the wind had given it, went on half a mile further with its sails unspread.
Fogg and the young woman to descend from the sledge. Phileas Fogg generously rewarded Mudge, whose hand Passepartout warmly grasped, and the party directed their steps to the Omaha railway station.
Pavel reached the brow of the hill, but only two sledges followed him down the other side.
Disco Classical with Sister Sledge featuring Kathy Sledge came to Liverpool for the first time tonight for a spectacular night of pop and disco.
Sledge served as senior vice president and CFO of Cameron International prior to its acquisition by Schlumberger in April of 2016.
Meanwhile, Sister Sledge will also head to Sefton Park this summer to perform at LIMF alongside Disco Classical.
The 11ft sledge was used on the Nimrod expedition to the Antarctic in 1907.
Martyn Holland, county councillor for Llanarmon/ Llandegla, said: "We want people to come and enjoy our countryside but when it snows, every man and his dog descends on Cadole and Loggerheads to sledge and they seem to lose all sense of responsibility for their actions.
However, his life changed when he was introduced to ice sledge hockey.
Sarah was using a blue plastic sledge to whizz down a slope in her garden when she tried to stand up on it - and badly injured herself.
Kathy Sledge, the founding member and lead singer of the family vocal group Sister Sledge, will be the headliner of the opening night of the annual food festival Taste of Dubai on March 8 at the Dubai Media City Amphitheatre.
The undercover officer called for backup, and as police cars began to arrive the two men whom police identified as Sledge and Randle ran back to the white sedan.
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