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alligator wrench

American  

noun

Machinery.

  1. a wrench having a V -shaped pair of serrated jaws set at right angles to the shank for turning cylindrical or irregularly shaped parts.

Etymology

Origin of alligator wrench

First recorded in 1935–40

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