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Parachute
(redirected from Rip cord)

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Parachute
adjective Referring to an appearance or structure characterised by multiple elongated fibres or cords at one end which connect at the periphery of a cupuliform structure at the opposite end
Drug slang noun A regional term for crack cocaine, smoked PCP, heroin
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It looks similar to the pink backpack Carlie carried, but this one is equipped with a rip cord that, when pulled, sets off an attention-grabbing strobe light and high-pitched siren, A portion of the backpack sales (they go for $70 at carliesecuritybackpacks.
Be a hollaback girl! by Foster, Carie / Girls' Life
He was told when to pull the rip cord for the parachute and to breathe through his nose during free fall.
Volunteer honoree leaps at skydiving by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
After my oblivious little boy greets the tile floor with the side of his head, or worse yet parachutes from the bed with no rip cord and little chance of landing on his feet, the primal scream doesn't arrive promptly.
Between joy and sorrow. (Poem) by Wright, Kirk M. / U.S. Catholic
 
 
 
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