Phillips screw

British

noun

a screw having a cruciform slot into which a screwdriver with a cruciform point ( Phillips screwdriver ( trademark )) fits

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In one hand the youth held a Phillips screw driver, in the other a six-inch crescent wrench.

From The Servant Problem by Young, Robert F.

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