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bola

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bo·la  (bl) also bo·las (-ls)
n.
A rope with weights attached, used especially in South America to catch cattle or game by entangling their legs.
[From American Spanish bolas, pl. of Spanish bola, ball, probably from Latin bulla.]
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Noun1.bola - a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie
bola tie, bolo, bolo tie
necktie, tie - neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front; "he stood in front of the mirror tightening his necktie"; "he wore a vest and tie"
2.bola - a rope with weights attached to the ends; is thrown to entangle the legs of an animal; of South American origin
rope - a strong line


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Fairy me bola means "Turn me back again," and David's discovery made me uncomfortable, for I knew he had hitherto kept his distance of the fairies mainly because of a feeling that their conversions are permanent.
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