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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Google counts on Oct 23, 2006
1,920,000 tourniquet
849 turnakit + 378 turnikit—eggcorn.
Also… 165 (101) mention “turnakit” (“turnikit”) and “kit” in the same text.
A “tourniquet” is a device such as a bandage twisted tight with a stick to stop bleeding or blood flow. (“Tourn” is rooted in the French tourner—to turn—but the eggcorn doesn’t derive from that part of the word). When not improvised, a tourniquet may be perceived as being available in a medical kit, or a turnakit.
Examples:
Home Dialysis Central :: View topic – Buttonhole IssuesAlso , I think the tightness of the turnakit may have something to do with it . How tight should the turnakit be and how close to the button holes should …
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PlanetMedalOfHonor – A Member of the GameSpy NetworkJack shocked at the sight of his friend tried to manage to make a turnikit to stop the bleeding. Thade hoped in the hole. “Just hold on you will be fine.” ...
www.planetmedalofhonor.com/features/lit … 0023.shtml – 41k – Cached – Similar pages
Jedi.Net :: View topic – SelvarisLord Kelvin turned him over on his back and took a turnikit from his pack and applied it over … turnikit is a bandage that is applied to battle wounds ) ...
forums.jedi.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=651810&sid=2b92d0758fed4efc1670e6df6babfa93 – 250k – Supplemental Result – Cached – Similar pages
BOOB (Beleivers in Only Orders from Boone) Chapter Meeting Thread …Jack could have applied a turnikit, they learn it in med school. I really don’t fall for the whole coughing up blood thing either, even though its possible, ...
www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/archive/in … 8-p-5.html – 126k – Supplemental Result – Cached – Similar pages
Kurt Cobain Murdered [Archive] – Bodybuilding.com Forumss. he could never have administered that herion and then taken the needle out of his arm, the turnikit and then put it all in a box, pick up a 40 pound gun …
forum.bodybuilding.com/archive/index.php/t-85941.html – 52k – Supplemental Result – Cached – Similar pages
TC:Elite :: View topic – BandageIn real life every soldier carries a little first aid kit . ... you could click the turnikit on the left arm to slow or stop blood loss in that area . ...
truecombat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2815&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=&... – 56k – Supplemental Result – Cached – Similar pages
HHD Forums – WarTownChamp vs IntroNeed a turnikit or a first aid kit I ’ ll show u real rap shit in 3 days youll be lying in a caskit See now i know to step it up for a bastit …
www.hiphop-directory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6702 – 99k – Supplemental Result – Cached – Similar pages
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