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Charles was remanded in custody for three-and-a-half months before being granted bail, during which time he was assaulted by a man wielding a makeshift knife. [51] [52] In March 1995, Charles and his co-accused were acquitted of all charges at trial. [51] After being acquitted, Charles spoke of the need to restore anonymity for those accused of ...
Karash double loop – A knot used to form leg loops as a makeshift harness; Killick hitch – hitch knot used to attach a rope to oddly shaped objects; Klemheist knot – a.k.a French Machard knot or just Machard knot. Friction hitch that grips a rope when weight is applied, and is free to move when the weight is released
The word is prison slang for an improvised knife. The word generally applies to both stabbing and edged weapons. The word generally applies to both stabbing and edged weapons. A shiv can be anything from a glass shard with fabric wrapped around one end to form a handle, to a razor blade stuck in the end of a toothbrush, to a simple toothbrush ...
Escape from Alcatraz is a 1979 American prison thriller film [3] [4] [5] directed and produced by Don Siegel.The screenplay, written by Richard Tuggle, is based on the 1963 non-fiction book of the same name by J. Campbell Bruce, which recounts the 1962 prisoner escape from the maximum security prison on Alcatraz Island.
Crosswordese is the group of words frequently found in US crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. The words are usually short, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in the creation of crossword puzzles, such as words that start or end with vowels (or both), abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual ...
Makeshift may refer to: "Makeshift" (Death Note episode), an episode of the anime series Death Note; Makeshift (Transformers), any of several Transformers characters;
In one basic version of the game, a knife is embedded in the ground and players attempt to extract it using only their teeth. In other versions this is a forfeit for the loser of the game. In the most basic version of the game, one contestant throws a knife end over end as deeply as possible into the ground, after which another player tries to ...
This is a list of English words inherited and derived directly from the Old English stage of the language. This list also includes neologisms formed from Old English roots and/or particles in later forms of English, and words borrowed into other languages (e.g. French, Anglo-French, etc.) then borrowed back into English (e.g. bateau, chiffon, gourmet, nordic, etc.).