drainpipes
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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The accents are depthless, burnished black: black railings enclosing white porches, black drainpipes crawling down white walls, black trim delineating white window frames.
From Slate • Mar. 6, 2025
As Donoghue writes, “What’s between them grows like a creeper that covers the ugliest bricks and drainpipes in living green.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2023
New housing developments will be told to follow a design guide including water butts to catch water from drainpipes, permeable paving for rainwater and gardens filled with vegetation to soak up rain.
From BBC • Nov. 12, 2021
Years ago when I lived in Cincinnati, I would put anything I could down my drainpipes.
From Washington Post • Oct. 26, 2021
Only the patter of the rain and the wash of the water from the drainpipes.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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