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n. - A fence-like structure around a deck.

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  • Juries are called the bulwarks of our rights and liberty; and no country can ever be enslaved as long as those cases which affect their lives and property, are to be...
  • Fort Hood is an example of tolerating extreme religious traditions in the midst of our nation's security "bulwarks".
  • They came muttering some wild jargon about "bulwarks,"
  • Thought that these bulwarks would resist all might.
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