rainwater pipe
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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My shoulder-blade encountered the sharp edge of a rainwater pipe.
From Foe-Farrell by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
It is a stronger pipe than a rainwater pipe.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884 by Various
Then I came here, and built this shingle house and every day I amuse myself by playing tunes, and I never have to climb up the rainwater pipe to get money.
From Uncle Wiggily's Travels by Garis, Howard Roger
The roof of George’s house had a kind of depression or well in the middle of it, whence ran a rainwater pipe, which passed down inside, and so, under the floor, to the soft-water cistern.
From The Revolution in Tanner's Lane by Rutherford, Mark
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