slip-joint pliers

[ slip-joint ]

/ ˈslɪpˌdʒɔɪnt /

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noun (sometimes used with a singular verb)

pliers having a sliding joint, permitting the span of the jaws to be adjusted.

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I went to his joint once, back when I was first hanging out in New York, doing plays.
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Less than a minute into her big break, Slate let slip a highly audible F-bomb instead of the scripted “freaking.”
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Q was a Queen, who wore a silk slip; R was a Robber, and wanted a whip.
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What the economist does is to slip out of the difficulty altogether by begging the whole question.
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Only then did I own that by hook or by crook—and mostly by crook, I was forced to suspect—they had purposely given me the slip.
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