spanners

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plural of spanner
adjustable spanners
plural form of adjustable spanner
face like a bag of spanners
A very ugly face

More wrinkles than a tortoise, face like a bag of spanners.

spanner
A stupid or unintelligent person; one prone to making mistakes, especially in language

You spanner, Rodney! I wanted a Chinese, not an Indian!.

spanner
A problem, dilemma or obstacle; something unexpected or troublesome (in the phrase spanner in the works)

Halfway through the production of Macbeth, the director found that the stage was smaller than he expected. This really threw a spanner in the works.

spanner
One who, or that which, spans

The scheme of the spanner of continents and the desire of the little husbandman hoarding for his loved ones.

spanner
A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts

Pass me that spanner, Jake; there's just one more nut to screw in.

spanner
{n} one who spans, the lock of a fusee
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A contrivance in some of the ealier steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam
spanner
A hand tool shaped like a small crank handle, for winding the spring of a wheel lock on a musket
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{i} spanner wrench, hand tool with a curved head used to hold or twist a nut or bolt (British)
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An iron instrument having a jaw to fit a nut or the head of a bolt, and used as a lever to turn it with; a wrench; specifically, a wrench for unscrewing or tightening the couplings of hose
spanner
Brit equivalent to wrench
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The lock of a fusee or carbine; also, the fusee or carbine itself
spanner
a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt
spanner
A spanner is a metal tool whose end fits round a nut so that you can turn it to loosen or tighten it
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If someone throws a spanner in the works, they prevent something happening smoothly in the way that it was planned, by causing a problem or difficulty. A bad result is sure to throw a spanner in the works
spanner
A problem, dilemma or obstacle; something unexpected or troublesome
spanner
In a table, a column head with subheads beneath it
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