eightfoot

(ˈeɪtˌfʊt)

adj

(Units) measuring eight feet

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And McIlroy (above) would have joined the three-way tie at the top had he not raced his eightfoot birdie attempt a similar distance past the hole on the last.

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The Northern Irishman would have joined the three-way tie at the top had he not raced his eightfoot birdie attempt a similar distance past his final hole.

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The 28-year-old knew he had to start well to put the pressure on Lowry but, while the Irishman holed a crucial eightfoot putt for bogey, Fleetwood missed from a similar distance for a birdie which would have produced a vital two-stroke swing.

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The group of strangers assembled to form a human wall in front of a large eightfoot poster, depicting the aftermath of an abortion.

'Human wall' foils protest; NEWS WIRE

Big enough for a pool or snooker table (with overhead lighting already installed), table and chairs and sofas, it has underfloor heating, an eightfoot screen cinema system, electric blinds, and doors that lead to the terrace.

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The Scots with their 18-foot pikes lost momentum in the boggy ground and were cut to pieces by the English armed with vicious eightfoot long 'bills' - a type of medieval agricultural scythe.

How a king of Scotland was among 14,000 slain in brutal Northumberland battle; NOSTALGIA DAVE MORTON recalls the people and places of the North East EMAIL: david.morton.editorial@ncjmedia.co.uk TELEPHONE: 0191 2016437 WRITE TO: Dave Morton, Nostalgia Editor, ncjMedia, Eldon Court, Percy Street, Newcastle, NE1 7JB. @DaveSMorton Newcastle Chronicle - History Photosales - 0191 201 6000

THIEVES scaled an eightfoot fence to raid allotments in Coventry - and even stole one man's garden gnomes.

Thieves steal gnomes in allotment raid; Raiders scale 8ft fence and ransack sheds

In his mind, Mohammed Irfan was bowling toecrushers to eightfoot batsmen.

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Then followed the eightfoot papier mache higantesKenkoy, Rosing, Ponyang, Nanong Pandak and Talakitok.

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The US duo hammered Thomas Bjorn and Martin Kaymer 5 and 3 yesterday then had a foursome win over Kaymer and Justin Rose snatched from them by an eightfoot Rose putt on the 18th green.

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I was watching golf the other day, saw a player sink an eightfoot putt and heard the commentator explode with joy ''oh what a fantastic putt, how did he manage to hold his nerve there?''.

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The sight of celebrated film director Spike Lee exchanging pleasantries with Arsenal's eightfoot tall green mascot Gunnersaurous deep in the bowels of the Emirates may have brought a surreal conclusion to the afternoon.