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• n  a small natural hill
• n  a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily

• Iglesias yelled 20 minutes later, before I even realized he was out of his hammock and inspecting the perimeter net.
• Loafing is judiciously encouraged with a strategic scattering of hammocks, books and board games among the various sundecks and thatched-roofed palapas (pavilions), and massages are .
• The young bat dropped into the hammock.

• knoll
• mound
• hillock
• hummock
• sack

News & Articles

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• Jacksonville native accepted as astronaut trainee
  Christina Hammock is one of eight people accepted by N.A.S.A. into the astronaut trainee program. Over 6,000 people applied.
  June 22, 2013 - News Channel 12 New Bern
• NC astronaut ready to soar
  Talk about an overachiever. N.C. State alum Christina Hammock of Jacksonville is headed to NASA’s astronaut corps. It’s a monumental achievement.
  June 20, 2013 - The News & Observer
• I Will Never Understand You, Mr. Banana Hammock Mechanic
  Dear near-naked banana hammock mechanic, I will never understand why you take and angle grinder and, in a shower of sparks over your bare body, remove the back end of this car's exhaust pipe. Why would you just take off the end of a car's exhaust? How did you get your hair to look so cool? Perhaps more importantly, why are you not wearing any clothes? (Hat tip to Tiny Toy Viper !)
  June 17, 2013 - Jalopnik

Quotes

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• Ingrid Betancourt in Toronto Star
  Betancourt told France 2 that she fell ill with "a series of problems ...... I couldn't nourish myself, I lost weight as you saw, I lost the capacity to move, I was prostrated in my hammock, I had trouble drinking."
• Miranda Kerr in Salon
  According to People, Kerr once said, "My ideal situation would be to live on a farm in a solar-powered house with a hammock and a vegetable patch. When this is all over, that's where I'll be. I've always wanted kids, so someday, eventually, yes, it...
• Tiki Barber in SportingNews.com
  I'm in temporary retirement,Barber said. "I'm not sitting on a hammock for the rest of my life."