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Meanings of drainpipes in inglês

russo
брюки-дудочки
espanhol
pantalón pitillo
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Jeans or other trousers tailored to fit very close to the body, especially through the legs.

брюки-дудочки
Usage of drainpipes in inglês
1
Maybe it came in with the back-wash when the drainpipes backed up.
Summer of Night
2
For this reason chloride of lime is an excellent disinfectant of drainpipes.
General Science
3
Water splashed noisily down drainpipes and ran off the edge of the umbrella.
Transgression: a novel of love and war
4
Desire was there, leaking from the drainpipes and heading for the ocean untreated.
Gods go begging
5
You are one of the main drainpipes of English gold.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete
6
Sewage and drainpipes fed directly on to the muddy surface.
Artemis Fowl
7
I know a resourceful pastry chef who adapted slim plastic drainpipes to use as moulds.
The Irish Times
8
I had my own uniform, winter or summer: Wrangler jacket, purple shirt and black drainpipes.
Life
9
Young men in drainpipes and winklepickers jived to Elvis and Buddy Holly in the amusement arcades.
The Irish Times
10
The drainpipes were clogged with soap, or hair, or something, and the water wasn't draining well.
Spiral
11
GAVIN was very keen to draw attention to the "drainpipes".
The Irish Times
12
The vamp quints are happy to turn the courtyard upside down, looking behind flowerpots and inside drainpipes.
Larry's kidney: being the true story of how I found myself in ch...
13
John May walked back along the darkened street, trying to avoid the sputtering channels from inundated drainpipes.
The water room
14
One ambitious looter even stole the drainpipes.
The Irish Times
15
They were the heavy iron drainpipes of old, clamped to the brick, not today's lightweight plastic affairs.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
16
They had a place, or rather Eliza did, and Jack could come and go via rooftops and drainpipes.
Quicksilver
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Drainpipes through the time