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sprinkler |
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Translations sprinkler [ˈsprɪŋkləʳ] n (for lawn) → aspersor m; (to put out fire) → aparato de rociadura automática sprinkler [ˈsprɪŋkləʳ] n (for lawn etc) → arroseur m; (to put out fire) → diffuseur m d'extincteur automatique d'incendie 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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| Most Black Hawk fathers had no personal habits outside their domestic ones; they paid the bills, pushed the baby-carriage after office hours, moved the sprinkler about over the lawn, and took the family driving on Sunday. The moment the housekeeper saw them she turned about and ran out of the room, and came back immediately with a saucer of holy water and a sprinkler, saying, "Here, your worship, senor licentiate, sprinkle this room; don't leave any magician of the many there are in these books to bewitch us in revenge for our design of banishing them from the world. The most humble clerks such as our deacons and sacristans, bless with holy water sprinklers, which resemble an infinite number of blessing fingers. |
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