(slang, mostly plural) A breast implant.
Should not a curriculum for the twenty-first century be organised more effectively around the new technology? At present, it remains an addition to most subjects – a bolt-on.
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(figuratively) A functionality or service that can be added to an existing arrangement or plan (for example, a mobile telephone subscription).
I would draw a distinction between transplants and cross-fertilisation. Cross-fertilisation implies a different, more indirect process. It implies that an external stimulus promotes an evolution within the receiving legal system. The evo…
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(also, _, figuratively) An accessory that can be bolted on or otherwise attached.
Some guitars have the neck glued to the body (Les Pauls), some are bolted on (Fenders), and in some the neck is part of one piece of wood that extends through the body (Jackson). The theory of the neck through the body design is that if …
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