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star drill

American  

noun

  1. a chisel-like drill for masonry or plasterwork, having a pointed head faceted in alternately projecting and reentering angles.

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I had stopped going to soccer practice after the day I crashed and burned in the star drill.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

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