Etymology
Origin of pipestem
Example Sentences
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A similar change in major arteries is often seen in the aged: the muscular wall hardens so much that the vessels are called "pipestem arteries."
From Time Magazine Archive
His face is freshly scrubbed, his pipestem legs are filling out on milk, fresh vegetables and meat.
From Time Magazine Archive
He appears before his public with his pipestem legs encased in garish blue pants, with embroidered silver guitars running down the seams.
From Time Magazine Archive
His expression is at once attentive and stolid; his strong jaw is often clamped firmly on a pipestem.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her pipestem arms went out toward the collie.
From Lad: A Dog by Terhune, Albert Payson
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