Etymology
Origin of pipestem
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At their second session, beside the hotel swimming pool, the two men pored intently over a large map of the Middle East and Southwest Asia, with Sadat using his pipestem as a pointer.
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LeMay almost worked up a pleased smile at this achievement,-then nearly bit through his pipestem when he heard that his high-bombers had been used, as they were never intended to be, in low, front-line support.
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In the summer of 1983 divers found a clay pipestem, brass nails and some rudder strapping.
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The final ballot looked "big as a quilt" to Candidate Barkley, who bit off his pipestem.
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The shoes were enormous things for such pipestem legs—until she saw they were soft and furry and that this gave them their size.
From The Hand by Gerald Allan Sohl
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