escape pipe
Britishnoun
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In the waste-yard outside, the steam from the escape pipe, the litter of barrels and old iron, the shining heaps of coals, the ashes everywhere, were shrouded in a veil of mist and rain.
From Hard Times by Charles Dickens
Then a shower of sparks leaped from the funnel and by the momentary light they gave she saw a white streak, cleanly cut off and slanting downward, at the crown of the escape pipe.
From The Coast of Adventure by Harold Bindloss
The escape pipe of the sink was clogged, and he had to run his finger into it again and again to get it free.
From Vandover and the Brute by Frank Norris
I hoped that the escape pipe of the bath might be a great stone conduit leading to a fish-pond in the garden.
From Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger by John Masefield
Gas released in this way passes into the escape pipe just described.
From Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon by Harold P. (Harold Phillips) Manly
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