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sandbag [′san‚bag] (engineering) A bag filled with sand; used to build temporary protective walls. (geology) In the roof of a coal seam, a deposit of glacial debris formed by scour and fill subsequent to coal formation. 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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He's got his backyard sandbagged and in the early 1960s installed a wall between the road and his driveway after a woman died when a flood swept her down the street. Particularly striking is a photograph of October 1939 showing the equestrian statue of Louis XIV in Place des Victoires, Paris, sandbagged into a tableau worthy of Boullee. A Tujunga mansion modeled after a French castle should be preserved as a historic landmark, a city panel recommended Wednesday over the protests of the new owner, who charged he had been sandbagged about the status of the 77-year-old house. |
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