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mothball a small ball of camphor or naphthalene used to repel clothes moths in stored clothing, blankets, etc. mothball [′mȯth‚bȯl] (ordnance) Placing military equipment into a state of long storage. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A couple of the mothballed proposals, including mandatory caches of oxygen tanks and breathing masks and expanding the number of rescue teams seem to have been put on the fast track for approval. Press lines from the Mississauga operations were going to be mothballed when the company decided to bring the equipment up North. But, he added, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is also trying to hire 900 deputies this year to staff mothballed jail facilities that are being reopened. |
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