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sleeve 1. a tubular piece that is forced or shrunk into a cylindrical bore to reduce the diameter of the bore or to line it with a different material; liner 2. a tube fitted externally over two cylindrical parts in order to join them; bush 3. a flat cardboard or plastic container to protect a gramophone record sleeve [slēv] (electricity) The cylindrical contact that is farthest from the tip of a phone plug. Insulating tubing used over wires or components. Also known as bushing; sleeving. (engineering) A cylindrical part designed to fit over another part. 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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| She began to cry a little, and wiped her eyes on the sleeve of her peignoir. Now give me the sleeve-- not that sleeve, the other one. The scene was a plain, bare, monotonous vault of a school-room, and the speaker's square forefinger emphasized his observations by underscoring every sentence with a line on the schoolmaster's sleeve. |
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