tire iron
a short length of steel with one end flattened to form a blade, used as a crowbar for removing tires from wheel rims.
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How to use tire iron in a sentence
And she memorably threatens her boys with a tire iron when they aim to strike out on their own.
He congratulated me on having lived for a week bareheaded in East Texas without getting beaten with a tire iron.
‘The Land of the Permanent Wave’ Is Bud Shrake’s Classic Take on ‘60s Texas | Edwin Shrake | February 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey were first beaten with a tire iron, and then the guards rubbed chili powder on their welts.
With the tire iron she split the gas tank and caught as much of the sharp-smelling fluid as she could in the emptied can.
Earth Alert! | Kris NevilleAcross these supports are laid other pieces of the tire iron.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | Various
Jack, holding a heavy tire iron in his hand, leaped forward toward the two girls.
The Motor Girls on the Coast | Margaret PenroseThis is formed of two heavy oak boards shod with tire iron, sloping upward and backward, attached to a pair of cultivator wheels.
Asparagus, its culture for home use and for market: | F. M. HexamerIn the tool compartment of the wreck she located a tire iron.
Earth Alert! | Kris Neville
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