pipestem

[ pahyp-stem ]

noun

1. the stem of a tobacco pipe.
2. something resembling this in slenderness, as an unusually thin arm or leg.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pipestem¹

An Americanism dating back to 1720–30; pipe ¹ + stem ¹

Example Sentences

The mouthpiece of the pipestem was gently presented to the lips and the breath drawn through.

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Ford knocked the ashes from his pipe so hard that the pipestem fell in two.

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The gnawed and blackened end of a cane pipestem stood out of his breast pocket, rising like a frosted weed stalk.

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This stem is made up of little flat rings looking like bits of a pipestem.

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As usual in colonial sites, quantities of pipestem and bowl fragments were recovered.

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