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Sandbag   /sˈændbˌæg/   Listen
Sandbag

noun
1.
A bag filled with sand; used as a weapon or to build walls or as ballast.
verb
1.
Treat harshly or unfairly.
2.
Compel by coercion, threats, or crude means.  Synonyms: dragoon, railroad.
3.
Hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag.  Synonym: stun.
4.
Downplay one's ability (towards others) in a game in order to deceive, as in gambling.
5.
Protect or strengthen with sandbags; stop up.



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"Sandbag" Quotes from Famous Books



... 60 without regard to sacrificing his men. Sir John French was just as determined to hold the hill. So he moved large numbers of troops toward the shattered mound, the British artillery was reenforced, and the hastily constructed sandbag breastworks were ...
— The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 12) - Neuve Chapelle, Battle of Ypres, Przemysl, Mazurian Lakes • Francis J. Reynolds, Allen L. Churchill, and Francis Trevelyan


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