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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

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

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

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

Just below the window and over the desk, was a pipe-rack with pipes to fit every mood and fancy of a lonely man.

From Joyce of the North Woods by Comstock, Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa)

It revolted Vandover even to think of putting a pipe-rack over it.

From Vandover and the Brute by Norris, Frank

He was lounging upon the sofa in a purple dressing-gown, a pipe-rack within his reach upon the right, and a pile of crumpled morning papers, evidently newly studied, near at hand.

From The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

There would be a pipe-rack over the mantelpiece, and a window-seat with a corduroy cushion such as he had had in his room in Matthew's.

From Vandover and the Brute by Norris, Frank