Catchword for “canal wrench”
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Catchword: canal wrench
Filed under: English, Construction & Buildings
Part of speech: n.
The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.
Quotation: Canal wrench. Shovel.
Article or Document Title:
“Petroleum and Oil Workers’ Slang and Jargon”
“Petroleum and Oil Workers’ Slang and Jargon”
Article, document, publication, web site:
Lexicon of Trade Jargon
Lexicon of Trade Jargon
Dateline:
Ill., Mont., Ark., Tex., Okla., Miss.
Ill., Mont., Ark., Tex., Okla., Miss.
Date of publication:
1938-39
1938-39
(This date is uncertain. It is either not given, unclear, or unreliable in the original source.)
Page number:
4
4
This cite belongs to a full entry for Baltimore wrench.
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