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pinch bar

American  

noun

  1. a kind of crowbar or lever with a projection that serves as a fulcrum.

pinch bar British  

noun

  1. a crowbar with a lug formed on it to provide a fulcrum

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Etymology

Origin of pinch bar

First recorded in 1830–40

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He picked up a pinch bar from a nearby tool rack and drove its end through the glass as he spoke the words.

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Druce gave him a short pinch bar and he levered out enough of the big blocks to make a hole large enough to let him through into the sewer.

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Ulana, brave girl, ran alongside, swinging a pinch bar she had picked up, ready to help.

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With a pinch bar from a nearby tool rack, he wrecked the controls and generating mechanisms beyond recognition.

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Jim, I think, had an ax handle and Bob a little pinch bar.

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