strapping
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The justice secretary said "strappings" were found under a delivery vehicle after the escape from HMP Wandsworth.
From BBC • Sep. 7, 2023
He arrives in full costume with a non-removable mask, soft plastic cape and includes a pair of quad blasters to hold, a pair of wearable headphones and cassette player to mount on his chest strappings.
From Washington Times • Aug. 3, 2014
All these things—the flags, the pitch pipe songs, the British Empire and the princesses, the war orphans, even the strappings —are superimposed against the ominous navy-blue background of Miss Lumley’s invisible bloomers.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
All these things—the flags, the pitch pipe songs, the British Empire and the princesses, the war orphans, even the strappings —are superimposed against the ominous navy-blue background of Miss Lumley’s invisible bloomers.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Ah, it has healed beautifully; I did well to remove the strappings yesterday.
From The Red Symbol by Ironside, John
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