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	A dolos (plural dolosse) is an unusually shaped concrete block weighing up to 20 tons which is used in great numbers to protect harbour walls from the force of the sea.
	They were developed in East London, a port city in South Africa, in 1963 and are found in their millions around the world.
	He said in later years that he wanted a block designed in such a way that it could be "sprinkled like children's jacks".

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