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  pipe rack

  noun

  a usually wheeled rack of metal piping on which to hang clothing, as in a store.
• pipe-rack
  pipe-rack

  adjective

  offering services or goods at low cost because of avoidance of expensive interior decoration, as by displaying clothing for sale on plain pipe racks.

pipe rack

¹ American  

noun

1. a usually wheeled rack of metal piping on which to hang clothing, as in a store.

2. a small rack, usually of wood, for holding a smoker's pipes.

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pipe-rack ² American  

[pahyp-rak] / ˈpaɪpˌræk /

adjective

Informal.

1. offering services or goods at low cost because of avoidance of expensive interior decoration, as by displaying clothing for sale on plain pipe racks.

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Etymology

Origin of pipe-rack

First recorded in 1945–50

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If he is still in the thinking stage, however, he sits in an armchair, his pipe rack beside him, and a dog or cat on his lap.

From Time Magazine Archive

Midway takes the plain pipe rack approach to flights between Chicago and Detroit, Cleveland, Kansas City, St. Louis and Washington.

From Time Magazine Archive

With its stereo, Dunhill pipe rack and mobile telephone, the Rolls is almost a house on wheels.

From Time Magazine Archive

A carved wooden mermaid holding a pipe rack.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

The pipe rack was originally a wrought-iron frame upon which dirty clay pipes were stoved in a brick oven and restored to their original freshness.

From Chats on Household Curios by Burgess, Fred. W. (Frederick William)

Delta's plain pipe-rack operation on the ground is not visible in the air, where it has won faithful business travelers for its efficient, on-time service.

From Time Magazine Archive

Martie conceded a plaster pipe-rack, set with little Indian faces, to Wallace; her own extravagance was a meat-chopper.

From Martie, the Unconquered by Norris, Kathleen Thompson

"It's a thing you pile up on the floor to stand upon when you want to fix a new pipe-rack."

From Through the Postern Gate A Romance in Seven Days by Barclay, Florence L. (Florence Louisa)

For years, the factor at Fort Severn had kept in his hallway an enormous pipe-rack.

From The Wilderness Trail by Williams, Frank

"No," replied Vandover with a long breath, looking vaguely at the pipe-rack on the opposite wall.

From Vandover and the Brute by Norris, Frank