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Definition of Sandbags
1. sandbag [v] - See also: sandbag
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sandbags
Literary usage of Sandbags
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rhymes of a Red Cross Man by Robert William Service (1916)
"A SONG OF THE sandbags No, Bill, I'm not a-spooning out no patriotic tosh (The cove
... A-standin' up to the sandbags It's funny the thoughts wot come; ..."
2. Rhymes of a Red Cross Man by Robert William Service (1916)
"A SONG OF THE sandbags No, Bill, I'm not a-spooning out no patriotic tosh (The
cove be'ind the sandbags ain'ta death-or- glory cuss). ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Twenty-four 12-inch centrifugal pumps were provided to deal, if necessary, with
one small channel; but happily the sandbags and gravel and sand embankments ..."
4. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1893)
"... in the first instance, extension to the head and feet, and complete immobilisation
by sandbags or plaster of Paris ; this treatment should be continued ..."
5. Elements of Trench Warfare: Bayonet Training by William Henry Waldron (1917)
"sandbags sandbags are made of coarse canvas or burlap. They are 33 inches long
and 14 inches wide. They are filled loosely with earth or sand about YZ cubic ..."
6. Elements of Trench Warfare: Bayonet Training by William Henry Waldron (1917)
"sandbags sandbags are made of coarse canvas or burlap. They are 33 inches long
and 14 inches wide. They are filled loosely with earth or sand about Y•2 ..."
7. The Diseases of Children: Medical and Surgical by Henry Ashby, George Arthur Wright, William Perry Northrup, T. Halsted Myers (1893)
"I4th, no pain ; the head was packed IT. sandbags. I7th, a plaster of Paris jacket
was put on with hooks fixed in it. and a robber muscle was applied ..."
8. China, the Yellow Peril at War with the World: A History of the Chinese by James Martin Miller (1900)
"... the German Minister—Children Play with Spent Cannon Balls—sandbags of
Satin—Arrival of the ... sandbags ..."
9. Rhymes of a Red Cross Man by Robert William Service (1916)
"A SONG OF THE sandbags No, Bill, I'm not a-spooning out no patriotic tosh (The cove
... A-standin' up to the sandbags It's funny the thoughts wot come; ..."
10. Rhymes of a Red Cross Man by Robert William Service (1916)
"A SONG OF THE sandbags No, Bill, I'm not a-spooning out no patriotic tosh (The
cove be'ind the sandbags ain'ta death-or- glory cuss). ..."
11. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Twenty-four 12-inch centrifugal pumps were provided to deal, if necessary, with
one small channel; but happily the sandbags and gravel and sand embankments ..."
12. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1893)
"... in the first instance, extension to the head and feet, and complete immobilisation
by sandbags or plaster of Paris ; this treatment should be continued ..."
13. Elements of Trench Warfare: Bayonet Training by William Henry Waldron (1917)
"sandbags sandbags are made of coarse canvas or burlap. They are 33 inches long
and 14 inches wide. They are filled loosely with earth or sand about YZ cubic ..."
14. Elements of Trench Warfare: Bayonet Training by William Henry Waldron (1917)
"sandbags sandbags are made of coarse canvas or burlap. They are 33 inches long
and 14 inches wide. They are filled loosely with earth or sand about Y•2 ..."
15. The Diseases of Children: Medical and Surgical by Henry Ashby, George Arthur Wright, William Perry Northrup, T. Halsted Myers (1893)
"I4th, no pain ; the head was packed IT. sandbags. I7th, a plaster of Paris jacket
was put on with hooks fixed in it. and a robber muscle was applied ..."
16. China, the Yellow Peril at War with the World: A History of the Chinese by James Martin Miller (1900)
"... the German Minister—Children Play with Spent Cannon Balls—sandbags of
Satin—Arrival of the ... sandbags ..."
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