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Tommee Tippee is a feeding bottle and child care brand based in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. Its parent company, Mayborn Group is owned by Chinese insurance company Ping An Insurance . As of 2015, it was the fifth largest child care company in the world and is known for its spill-proof cups.
Dummy was a nickname commonly applied to "deaf and dumb" athletes, especially baseball players, in the late 19th and early 20th century.In that era, the word "dumb" was used to describe someone who could not speak, rather than someone who was stupid; but since the ability to speak was often connected to one's intelligence, the epithets "dumb" and "dummy" became interchangeable with stupidity.
Flop bag, floppy bag: type of toss that does not spin the bag horizontally or vertically, a bag without rotation or spin. [ 17 ] Hammer: when one or more hangers (see below) are around the hole, a hammer can be used; a hammer is a bag thrown as an airmail bag with a high arc in an attempt to move hanger bags into the hole along with it.
A crash test dummy, or simply dummy, is a full-scale anthropomorphic test device (ATD) that simulates the dimensions, weight proportions and articulation of the human body during a traffic collision. Dummies are used by researchers, automobile and aircraft manufacturers to predict the injuries a person might sustain in a crash. [ 1 ]
A dummy candidate is a candidate who stands for election, usually with no intention or realistic chance of winning. A dummy candidate can serve any of the following purposes: In instant-runoff voting , a dummy candidate may direct preferences to other candidates in order to increase the serious candidate's share of the vote .
The Jeep did not realistically simulate the noise or movement of a tank, but allowed the dummy to be deployed quickly. [7] Meanwhile, the reverse was also done, to make tanks look like trucks. A further device was put into use that both created simulated tank tracks and erased real ones. [8] An inflatable dummy tank, modeled after the M4 Sherman
The Incredible Crash Dummies is a line of action figures designed by David McDonald and Jim Byrne, styled after the eponymous crash test dummy popularized in a public service advertising campaign of the late 1980s, to educate people on the safety of wearing seat belts. [1]
A puppet state, puppet régime, puppet government or dummy government [1] is a state that is de jure independent but de facto completely dependent upon an outside power and subject to its orders. [2] Puppet states have nominal sovereignty , except that a foreign power effectively exercises control through economic or military support. [ 3 ]