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padded cell
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paddle wheel
pad·dle wheel (plural pad·dle wheels)


noun 
Definition:
 
bladed wheel propelling ship: a wheel with flat blades fixed all around its edge, attached to the hull of a ship and usually turned by an engine to propel the ship through water
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