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bolt·er¹

(bōl′tər)

1. A horse given to bolting.

2. One who gives up membership in or withdraws support from a political party.

bolt·er²

(bōl′tər)

1. A machine used for sifting, especially for sifting flour.

2. One who operates a sifting machine.

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bolter

(ˈbəʊltə)

1. an outsider in a contest or race

2. (Historical Terms) history an escaped convict; bushranger

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Bolter,' replied Noah, who had prepared himself for such emergency.

Bolter's humble servant,' said Fagin, bowing with grotesque politeness.

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Milty bolter told me a grate story in school yesterday.

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This sparkling sally is to the effect that although he always knew she was the best-groomed woman in the stud, he had no idea she was a bolter. It is immensely received in turf-circles.

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Joe, with his bite still in his cheek, "I Bolted, myself, when I was your age - frequent - and as a boy I've been among a many Bolters; but I never see your Bolting equal yet, Pip, and it's a mercy you ain't Bolted dead."

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Kirsty Bolter has set up Nippers and Slippers, an incredible way of combining the spirits of the youngest and oldest generations.

Nippers and Slippers: The new care home meet-ups where toddlers mix with elderly residents - and it's simply lovely; A new group, Nippers and Slippers, gives young and old the chance to interact and learn from each other

Singing legend Lionel Richie performing for the Liberty Stadium crowd last night PETER BOLTER

LIONEL'S JUST GREAT ALL NIGHT LONG; Hit singer wows crowds at Swansea's Liberty Stadium

Police at the scene of a murder inquiry at Oxford Court, Ogmore Vale, yesterday Peter Bolter

Police name stab victim, as man held in murder probe

O primeiro numero do periodico InfoDesign de 2016 aborda os problemas relativos a remediacao, processo definido por Bolter e Grusin como "a representacao de um meio em outro" (1999, pp.

Um olhar na aplicacao e remediacao do design da informacao

After a bolter, the student successfully made his second arrested landing.

Vestibular valediction

It is the latest controversy to hit UKIP after general secretary Roger Bird, 41, was accused of sexually harassing Natasha Bolter, 35.

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