pipe wrench
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pipe wrench
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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You just need a pipe wrench, a 50- or 100-foot drain-cleaning snake and a great pair of gloves.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2023
I am like Picasso with a putty knife, and Rembrandt with a pipe wrench.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2016
I found it inside a state government office building in Pennsylvania, languishing on a shelf between a gardening trowel and a pipe wrench.
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
I got Dad his knife with the carved bone handle and the blade of blue German steel, and he gave me a pipe wrench, and we went looking for Demon.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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