Like many folks, this year has been a bit of a belt-tightener. From Wordnik.com. [August 17th, 2009] Reference
I 'm quite sure rain must be a skin-tightener like those things you see in advertisements.'. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
For this supplying them with food is as it were a tightener of love, for even the brute creation, if taken away from their young, pine away, as we constantly see. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
If both sensors fail nearly simultaneously after an initial airbag-system check, a seatbelt tightener and the curtain shield airbag could be inadvertently activated. From Wordnik.com. [Toyota Recalls 308,000 Vehicles for Airbag Sensor] Reference
The resulting pointed staple is hammered into the front, right-hand end of the glass frame and serves as an eyelet for the cord (18) with cord tightener (17) as shown above and the front. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 9] Reference
For the metrosexual belt-tightener: The man girdle. From Wordnik.com. [News from www.pantagraph.com] Reference
Thermage, the radiofrequency-powered facial tightener. From Wordnik.com. [Improbable Research] Reference
But I still think the Arkansas Derby will move him forward; just the tightener he needed. From Wordnik.com. [Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com] Reference
Turnbuckle -- A form of wire-tightener, consisting of a barrel into each end of which is screwed an eyebolt. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeroplane Speaks] Reference
Kebede was there to run fast and win the race; Abdi was there for what in horse-racing is called a tightener. From Wordnik.com. [TheFinalSprint.com - Track & Field, Marathons, Racing News, Training Advice, Elite Athlete Blogs, Interviews, Podcasts, Videos and More!] Reference
I really started to think finding a good skin tightener was impossible without a facelift - which I am terrified of. From Wordnik.com. [ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds] Reference
I knew that supper was to be a 'tightener,' and indeed it has been -- so much that I must leave description till the morning. From Wordnik.com. [Scott's Last Expedition Volume I] Reference
Green Building Council's LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standards, is another belt-tightener; and a powerful one. From Wordnik.com. [IndyStar.com Top Stories] Reference
The nut, now squeezed into position, will not require the clamp, but if time is no desideratum an application of that useful tightener will ensure a firm hold, and moreover the superfluous glue is forced out. From Wordnik.com. [The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII.] Reference
Odette has been "painting the lily," and used some new skin tightener which has disfigured her for the moment, and she has retired to the family place near Bordeaux to weep until her complexion is restored again. From Wordnik.com. [Man and Maid] Reference
8. Crema d'Oro chased; settled for fourth at even money in from Aqueduct after nine months off; ready having had a tightener. From Wordnik.com. [NY Daily News] Reference
“A regular tightener, that one, sonnies!”. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Greenwood Tree] Reference
"Take it, and pay that poor girl some wages on account, and give young Bob a tightener. From Wordnik.com. [The Bag of Diamonds] Reference
150 foot of vinyl-coated clothesline cable, a spacer, and a ratcheting clothesline tightener. From Wordnik.com. [Another Small Step Toward Self Sufficiency] Reference
That's a splendid tightener. From Wordnik.com. [Marcus: the Young Centurion] Reference
"A regular tightener, that one, sonnies!". From Wordnik.com. [Under the Greenwood Tree, or, the Mellstock quire; a rural painting of the Dutch school] Reference
Saddle girth tightener. From Wordnik.com. [What Is It? Game 114 » E-Mail] Reference
The pipe-tightener came today, and guess what?. From Wordnik.com. [Cousin Lucy's Spoon] Reference
tightener. From Wordnik.com. [This Was Kinda Funny | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources] Reference
61.5 x 6 x 1.5 17 2 cord tightener. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 9] Reference
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