merry-go-round

suomi-englanti sanakirja

merry-go-round englannista suomeksi

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(RQ:Hawthorne French and Italian Notebooks) There were merry-go-rounds, wooden horses, and other provision for children's amusements among the trees; (..)
(RQ:Crompton Just William)
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(senseid) A train of wagons which loads and unloads its cargo while moving continuously on a circular track, often incorporating a loop.
(quote-journal). The ore is carried in high capacity wagons, run in trains of fixed formation. A triangle at the Consett works enables each train, complete with its locomotive, to be turned and sent back without any remarshalling after unloading to Tyne Dock. At the quayside, the wagons are mechanically loaded as a train and at Consett they run directly on to a gantry above unloading bunkers; they have air-operated bottom-discharge doors worked from the locomotive.
(quote-journal) initiated the development of what would become merry-go-round trains, delivering coal non-stop to power stations in newly built hopper wagons.
(senseid) A piece of playground equipment consisting of a circular platform that is made to revolve by pushing while users stand on it.
A bustle of activity; also, a meaningless cycle of activity.

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(quote-journal)
A series of singles and doubles that allows the batting team to score while still having runners base who can be driven in by the next batter.

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An informal cooperative scheme in which members (often women) regularly contribute money to a pool, the collected money being then out|paid out to one of the members; this is repeated so that every member eventually receives money. The collected money may also be invested, or loaned to members.

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