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noun

a single cuff on a tailored sleeve, formed by a band of material and usually fastened by a button.

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That clear spirit is what goes into every barrel of The Macallan.
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And for Scotch in particular—which can spend decades in the barrel—wood is critical to the finished spirit.
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Their legendary barrel aging program is unique, even among Scottish distilleries, for its range of natural color expressions.
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Gelhaus proceeded to fire eight shots at Gonzalez, striking him seven times, when he said Gonzalez raised the barrel.
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On his knees, he pulls out a gun and places the barrel inside his mouth.
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One hundred to the right barrel—nothing left for the second barrel!
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It wasn't any scruple of mercy, for Hicks was as cold-blooded a brute as ever glanced down a gun-barrel.
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A Laplander who cannot get Tobacco sucks chips of a barrel or pieces of anything else which has contained it.
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In the fall the barrel of his rifle had been so covered with dead leaves and dust that he could not take aim.
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne
The second barrel was discharged with no better result, except that a splinter of its horn was knocked off.
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne