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View synonyms for butterfly nut
butterfly nut
butterfly nut
noun
another name for wing nut
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Word History and Origins
Origin of butterfly nut1
An Americanism dating back to 1735–45
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Two thirds of the length was threaded and fitted with a "butterfly" nut in front of which was a cylindrical plug of guttapercha faced with indiarubber.
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The flight-lieutenant's next move was to screw the pliable plug hard against the perforated metal by means of the "butterfly" nut, and by so doing hole No.1 was repaired—the first of six.
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