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wrecking bar

noun



wrecking bar

noun

  1. a short crowbar, forked at one end and slightly angled at the other to make a fulcrum
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of wrecking bar1

First recorded in 1940–45
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Was she trying to ruin me, or was this a trap set by some secret enemy of the movement waiting outside the door with cameras and wrecking bars?

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As the final tumbler fell silently, a faint, raspy screech came to his ears, like a board tearing its rusty nails loose under the persuasion of a wrecking bar.

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After a half hour of rest the boys went back into the water again, carrying their wrecking bars and spear guns, flashlights on their belts.

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Humming the Small World theme, I produced a short wrecking bar from my cowl’s tabbed pocket and set to work.

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He took pictures of Scotty, with wrecking bar, prying at likely places in the exposed part of the ship.

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