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barrage balloon |
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barrage balloon Noun a balloon tethered by cables, often with net suspended from it, used to deter low-flying air attack
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182 acres of allotments, a piggery, and a barrage balloon site. Based on an actual World War II episode, this historical novel, told in a colorful first-person narration, gets all the details right -- from the barrage balloons overhead like "moonlit elephants browsing" to the local "scouse" dialect ("Shurrup or I'll flatten your phizog for ye"). |
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