alligator wrench

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noun Machinery.

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

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Origin of alligator wrench

First recorded in 1935–40

In another study, children saw a puppet show where a mouse was eaten by an alligator.
Why Are Millennials Unfriending Organized Religion?|Vlad Chituc|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
No matter what was on that flag—a white buttercup, a corn muffin, the skeleton of an alligator, who knows?
We've Got Bigger Problems Than a Confederate Flag|John McWhorter|August 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I changed the beach ball to an inflatable alligator and started writing the story to find out what would happen next.
Real Thrills And High Art In A Poignant Page-Turner Of A Novel|Susan Cheever|May 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hillary Clinton, he argues, throws a wrench into the system.
The Most Annoying Myth in Politics|Jamelle Bouie|February 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Presently he dropped his hammer, and fussed about for a moment with a tiny wrench.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Here the Dimbula shot down a hollow, lying almost on her side—righting at the bottom with a wrench and a spasm.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
An alligator was observed swimming about, but very few fish were noticed.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
It may be that, having made up my mind before leaving England, I accomplished a final wrench and adjustment.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
I fancy it was pretty well turned, and that made the wrench during the small hours the more severe.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
Let them not seek to wrench the affections from the channel in which they flowed, when fresh from their source.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness|Florence Hartley