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Significats de stillsons en anglès

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An adjustable wrench (British: spanner) with a toothed jaw for gripping pipe, frequently used by a plumber or pipe fitter, to loosen and tighten pipes with threaded connections, designed such that any forward pressure on the handle tends to pull the jaws (otherwise slightly mobile in the tool plan) tighter together.

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        Examples for "stillson wrench"
        Examples for "stillson wrench"
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        There was a two-foot-long Stillson wrench in the trunk, and for a few minutes he imagined the ten pounds of iron in his grasp.
        Serena
        2
        But if dirty work was done to you, Burkett would have been a handier tool for Fogg than a Stillson wrench in a plumbing job.
        Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast
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        So I started to carry the pipe wrench in my back pocket.
        Rage
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        I found the pipe wrench in the garage, in an old toolbox.
        Rage
        3
        I never saw that pipe wrench again, but what the fuck.
        Rage
        4
        I'd seen him a lot since I bopped Mr. Carlson with the pipe wrench.
        Rage
        5
        There was no one reason why I started carrying the pipe wrench to school.
        Rage