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spanner
noun as in monkey wrench
Weak matches
- obstruction wrench
- pipe wrench
- stillson wrench
Example Sentences
Alongside some very high-tech electronics and digital work, there are still plenty of screwdrivers and spanners.
However, Wales will relish the chance to stick a spanner in the spokes and puncture such title pretensions.
Itoje was a menace around the breakdown, turning over ball and putting a spanner in Scotland's attacking spokes as the referee let play flow.
"If I take my car into the mechanics, I've got to trust that he's not just going to bash it with his spanner and charge me a grand."
Unable to get a job as an accountant since graduating five years ago, Ghanaian Nathaniel Qainoo has been forced to swap his calculator for a spanner.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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