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spacer
/ˈspeɪsɚ/
noun 5
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2SPACER + NOUN
parliament
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
1
A person who works or lives in space.
It was the futile throwing back in the face of the Spacers their most keenly felt insult: their insistence on considering the natives of Earth as disgustingly diseased.
"How do I know I can trust you?" asked BKR. Grakker hesitated. "Spacer's oath," he said at last.
2
An object inserted to hold a space open in a row of items, e.g. beads or printed type.
The vertical wall was poured in two lifts, using two pairs of steel shutters which were bolted tightly onto 9-in. long wooden spacers.
3
A bushing.
4
A forgetful person; one who spaces out.
5
A type of add-on device used by an asthmatic person to increase the effectiveness of a metered-dose inhaler.
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It was the futile throwing back in the face of the Spacers their most keenly felt insult: their insistence on considering the natives of Earth as disgustingly diseased.
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"How do I know I can trust you?" asked BKR. Grakker hesitated. "Spacer's oath," he said at last.
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Shepard: What are you running for? Charles Saracino: I'm seeking one of the five spacer seats in Parliament. They have certain baroque conditions for a citizen to be able to vote for them. Charles Sar
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