pipette
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He first-names Michigan Supreme Court justices, tells everyone who will listen that "educators should get off their duffs," papers the country with lawyer-luring ads that make academic purists swallow their pipestems.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Just like a couple of pipestems," he remarked.
From The Mayor of Warwick by Hopkins, Herbert M. (Herbert Müller)
Mal Shaff's head now was on a level with the other's chest; his huge arms seemed toylike in comparison with those of Ouglat, his legs mere pipestems.
From Hellhounds of the Cosmos by Simak, Clifford D.
The twigs of the sage-brush snapped like brittle pipestems as he pushed through them.
From McTeague by Norris, Frank
But then I never was very sturdy on my legs ... which were then like brittle pipestems....
From Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative by Kemp, Harry
Vocabulary lists containing pipette
Power Suffix: -ette
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