wrecking bar

American  

noun

1. pinch bar.

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wrecking bar British  

noun

1. a short crowbar, forked at one end and slightly angled at the other to make a fulcrum

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Etymology

Origin of wrecking bar

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

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wrecking bar

He took pictures of Scotty, with wrecking bar, prying at likely places in the exposed part of the ship.

From The Wailing Octopus by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)

They donned their equipment, then Rick picked up a spear gun while Tony selected a wrecking bar from his equipment.

From The Wailing Octopus by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)

In one place his prying disturbed another moray, who demonstrated his anger at the intruders by trying to fasten his needle teeth in the wrecking bar.

From The Wailing Octopus by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)

As the final tumbler fell silently, a faint, raspy screech came to his ears, like a board tearing its rusty nails loose under the persuasion of a wrecking bar.

From Brown John's Body by Marks, Winston K.

Debra was holding my cowl and wrecking bar.

From Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Doctorow, Cory