pipe wrench
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pipe wrench
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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When the deputies arrived, they encountered a woman believed to be in her 20s or 30s who was wielding a pipe wrench.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2022
To prove his point, he showed me a $50 vise-grip pipe wrench that goes for $90 at Lowe’s.
From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2015
She chose green paint for a cricket made from a pipe wrench and a mason’s trowel, he said.
From Washington Times • Jun. 26, 2014
“You can’t just drop your pipe wrench and say ‘O.K., it’s 5 o’clock, I’m going home,’ and they still don’t have water to their house,” he said.
From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2014
I said, waving the pipe wrench in the air.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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