Handle
Spare
Spare verb - To use or give out in stingy amounts.
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It also introduced a down-turned bolt handle, but since they were frequently re-arsenaled with old spare parts, many will still have the WWI-style straight handle.
Source: Cool Guns / Rifles -
Basically a mobile shipyard these carry large quantities of spare parts, raw materials to manufacture spare parts and trained personnel to handle the actual repairs.
Source: Standard Sci-Fi Fleet -
Heroic B.S.O.D.: Nouza does NOT handle the fact he's just spare parts for Proist to claim if she ever gets injured very well, though at the time it's more of a Villain BSOD Jerkass: Dick and Puria.
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