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Definition of Preventers
1. preventer [n] - See also: preventer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preventers
Literary usage of Preventers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Photographer by Roger Child Bayley (1906)
"... the light—The »sink and water supply—Splash preventers—Shelves—Dishes, porcelain
or otherwise—For large work—Measures and scales—A light-tight drawer. ..."
2. Societies of the Plains Indians by Clark Wissler (1916)
"Preventers. There were two head men, one of whom had a how and four arrows, and
the other a headed flat disk about six inches in diameter. ..."
3. A Handbook of Hygiene and Sanitary Science by George Wilson (1884)
"The smallest waste-preventers hold f of a gallon, but this quantity is insufficient
to flush the pan and soil-pipe properly. Another plan for effecting ..."
4. The Book of Health by Malcolm Alexander Morris (1883)
"... of Brain Work— Mental Strain— Retirement from Business— Life in Town and
Country— Sleep— Dreams — Causes and Preventers of Sleep— Sleep-promoting Drugs ..."
5. A Digest of Facts Relating to the Treatment and Utilization of Sewage by William Henry Corfield (1871)
"Mr. Rawlinson considers that " waste preventers are useless, and ultimately become
a nuisance. He suggests that in the poor districts of towns, ..."
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