Dummy

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Dummy

Sham; make-believe; pretended; imitation. Person who serves in place of another, or who serves until the proper person is named or available to take his place (e.g., dummy corporate directors; dummy owners of real estate).

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Now, toss the dummy right back to that spot, and then throw another 180 degrees from it.

Fallen Bird Recall: The keys for taking a gun dog from singles to triples is off-season work

"We normally do the dummy donations after the children have seen the chicks", she says.

Farm's oink-credible idea to help kids ditch the dummies!

NASA researchers purposefully crash the vehicle, and analyse the sensor data from the dummy to see how it was affected

NASA reveals the brutal tests its crash dummies go through when trialling new vehicles; The dummies are used to test planes and space exploration vehicles, to make sure they're safe for humans

Papatunayan ko mamaya na dummy ka lang ni Bong Pineda.

Solon says Bong Pineda using dummy to run STL outlet in Camsur

Run through some drills your dog understands to build confidence and set the mood--have him hold and release the dummy a few times and heel around on the ground holding the dummy.

Trained retrieve, part 2: each step is critical, so don't move on until you have it right

In addition, unlike other FMVSS vehicle crashworthiness regulations, the FMVSS 216 regulation does not use a crash test dummy to predict occupant injury risk for vehicle crashworthiness evaluation.

Development of a biofidelic rollover Dummy-Part II: Validation of the kinematic response of THOR multi-body and finite element models relative to response of the physical THOR dummy under laboratory rollover conditions

Those who think he's a "bad parent" for giving Harper a dummy are not worth talking about.

Critics of Harper's dummy.. you suck!

The youngster is three years beyond the cut-off point recommended for dummy use, according to some health experts.

When is your child too old to be using a dummy? Experts give tips on how to wean coddled kids off their pacifiers

All three of my kids ended up with a dummy and I don't regret it in the slightest.

Don't be a dummy... it keeps kids quiet!

Neath Port Talbot Flying Start speech and language therapist Deborah Douglas said: "Although dummies have their place as a comforter for very young babies, by the age of one the dummy should be gone.

Youngsters need to drop the dummies to prevent health and speech issues

Stacey said she was "terrified" she might lose him and wanted to warn others not to buy the dummy chains.

My baby almost choked to death on a dummy; Mum's warning on chains after son's terrifying ordeal

During recent unit visits to armored brigade combat teams by the TRADOC Capability Manager--Armored Brigade Combat Team (TCM-ABCT), master gunners expressed they have a lack of dummy training ammunition for Bradley crews to effectively conduct gunners skills tasks (GST) 4B and 5B in accordance with Training Circular 3-20.21.1, Individual and Crew Live-Fire Prerequisite Testing.