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shoofly [2 records]

Record 1 2005-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
DEF

[A] long-fingered device in some cylinder presses for freeing the printed sheet from the cylinder for delivery.

Key term(s)
  • shoo-fly

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)

Spanish

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Record 2 1982-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games and Toys (General)
DEF

a child's rocker having the seat built on or usually between supports representing an animal figure (as of a duck or swans) (...)

OBS

reversible Shoo-Fly rocker

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux et jouets (Généralités)
DEF

petite berceuse pour enfants, imitant plus ou moins un animal, et dont la plate-forme sur laquelle on s'asseoit est fixée à deux feuilles de contreplaqué. La forme du siège prend en fait la forme de l'animal. On peut aussi désigner cet objet d'après le nom de l'animal qu'il représente.

OBS

siège berçant réversible

Spanish

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