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  • 1tooled — [tu:ld] adj tooled leather has been decorated by having patterns cut into its surface …

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  • 2tooled — [ tuld ] adjective tooled leather has been decorated by pressing a design onto it using a special tool …

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  • 3tooled — UK [tuːld] US [tuld] adjective tooled leather has been decorated by pressing a design onto it using a special tool Thesaurus: words used to describe decorationhyponym decoration and decorationssynonym …

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  • 4tooled up — adj British informal having or carrying a weapon …

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  • 5tooled up — (slang) Carrying a weapon, esp a gun • • • Main Entry: ↑tool …

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  • 6tooled — Tool Tool, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {tooled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {tooling}.] 1. To shape, form, or finish with a tool. Elaborately tooled. Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster] 2. To drive, as a coach. [Slang, Eng.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 7Tooled Up — Infobox Album Name = Tooled Up Type = Album Artist = The Spooky Men s Chorale Released = January 2005 Recorded = Genre = Folk Length = Label = Independent Producer = Reviews = * [http://www.spookymen.com.au/reviews.htm Sydney Morning Herald,… …

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  • 8tooled-up — adj British a. armed, issued with firearms. A term used by the underworld and the police since the early 1950s. The noun tool, denoting a firearm, is now archaic. The expression tooled up became more widely known in the later 1970s and 1980s… …

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  • 9tooled-up — • to arm oneself, usually with improvised weapons like bottles or sticks. e.g. There was a right ruck dahn the pub last night and then these headcases got tooled up ! …

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  • 10tooled — adjective tooled leather has been decorated using a special tool …

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