spiral spring
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of spiral spring
First recorded in 1680–90
Example Sentences
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Here she uses the spiral spring toy known as the Slinky.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2015
The detector is one of the spiral spring coherers previously described; it is shielded from external disturbance by being enclosed in a metal box provided with a funnel-shaped opening to admit the radiation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
The spiral spring of the magazine was damaged in some way, so that it would receive only four or five cartridges, instead of seven.
From In The Ranks From the Wilderness to Appomattox Court House by R. E. McBride
He looks, as if he were in training for a spiral spring.
From Lady Maude's Mania by George Manville Fenn
Very rarely they may curl down around the eyeball in a spiral spring.
From The Woodpeckers by Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
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