pipe cleaner
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of pipe cleaner
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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About two years after arriving in the park, P-22 appeared on trail-camera footage looking gaunt, his tail as thin as a pipe cleaner.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2022
A pipe cleaner can be very helpful for these soft rubber bits as well, but due to its metal rod core, it should not be used on much else.
From The Verge • Nov. 9, 2021
Many people, he said, are eager to learn about plovers, which are undeniably cute — their chicks look like a kindergartner’s art project, a pair of cotton balls glued to pipe cleaner legs.
From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2021
Ms Keith's fidgeting tool of choice is a pipe cleaner - simple, and quiet, if a little odd.
From BBC • Jul. 22, 2019
Did a woman kill him and did she deliberately drop a pipe cleaner to make it look like a man’s work?
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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