wrecking bar
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of wrecking bar
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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Tony handed him the wrecking bar with a grin.
From The Wailing Octopus by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin
He took pictures of Scotty, with wrecking bar, prying at likely places in the exposed part of the ship.
From The Wailing Octopus by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin
He carried his spear gun while Zircon took the wrecking bar.
From The Wailing Octopus by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin
Tony started at one end of the mass of marine growth and inserted his wrecking bar.
From The Wailing Octopus by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin
In one place his prying disturbed another moray, who demonstrated his anger at the intruders by trying to fasten his needle teeth in the wrecking bar.
From The Wailing Octopus by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin
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