pipestem

[ pahyp-stem ]

/ ˈpaɪpˌstɛm /

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the stem of a tobacco pipe.

something resembling this in slenderness, as an unusually thin arm or leg.

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

An Americanism dating back to 1720–30; pipe¹ + stem¹

The mouthpiece of the pipestem was gently presented to the lips and the breath drawn through.
Prairie Smoke (Second Edition, Revised)|Melvin Randolph Gilmore
Ford knocked the ashes from his pipe so hard that the pipestem fell in two.
Empire Builders|Francis Lynde
The gnawed and blackened end of a cane pipestem stood out of his breast pocket, rising like a frosted weed stalk.
Back Home|Irvin S. Cobb
This stem is made up of little flat rings looking like bits of a pipestem.
Diggers in the Earth|Eva March Tappan

As usual in colonial sites, quantities of pipestem and bowl fragments were recovered.
The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia|C. Malcolm Watkins