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noun
a short length of twisted flexible wires covered with tufted fabric, used to clean the stem of a smoker's pipe and for various handicrafts.
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Origin of pipe cleaner
First recorded in 1865â70
Words nearby pipe cleaner
pipage, pipal, pipe, pipe bomb, pipe clay, pipe cleaner, pipe cutter, piped music, pipe down, pipe dream, pipefish
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British Dictionary definitions for pipe cleaner
pipe cleaner
noun
a short length of thin wires twisted so as to hold tiny tufts of yarn: used to clean the stem of a tobacco pipe
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