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Перевод: ramrod

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шомпол ; пробойник ; прибойник

Тезаурус:

1. His back was also as straight as a ramrod and his highly polished black gaiters had flashed in the sun.
2. Her back was as straight as a ramrod, which made her feel a little more dignified while engaging in what she considered the unladylike art of cycling.
3. He tap-loaded the next cartridge, not bothering to use the cumbersome ramrod, but just slamming the rifle's butt hard on the ground in hope that the blow would jar the ball down to the loose charge.
4. The Invisible Thread, A Spitfire's Tale (Ramrod Publications, 200pp, illus, hbk, 15.95) by Dilip Sarkar is the story of Spitfire R6644 of 308 (Polish) Squadron which crashed in flames near Malvern, Worcs, after suffering an engine fire on May 11, 1941.
5. I listened to the starch in her voice, observed it in the straightness of her backbone, recognised the ramrod will that made no concessions to hardship.
6. Straight as a ramrod, Herbie marched to the bar.
7. May 1 : 50th anniversary of the 56th Fighter Group's first Ramrod operation, featuring the P-47 Thunderbolt.
8. Christopher sat easily on the corner of his office table his Company Sergeant Major ramrod stiff a pace behind on his right.
9. Said he was as stiff as a ramrod and would get nowhere, but he's pretty hard on people anyway.
10. He slid the ramrod out, jammed it down the long barrel, then pulled it free.
11. So, whatever the weather, atop swinging or steaming loads trundling through the village, Josh stands ramrod straight facing the rear and semaphoring the driver's intentions to frustrated queues of following cars.
12. A saw-handled flintlock duelling pistol by T. Mortimer Son, lacking ramrod and with a broken cock, still managed to reach 1,450.
13. He watched in agony as Ram, with the deliberate movements of long service and old age, tore the cartridge, emptied the powder into the muzzle, and took his ramrod to drive down the rest of the cartridge.