Explosive sink and toilet plunger is a gift from the gods. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: August 15, 2004 - August 21, 2004 Archives] Reference
Well, as I write this by lantern-light I am wondering if my lantern plunger is interchangeable with the one on the stove. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-09-01] Reference
When the plunger is released, Spring 1 expands, which pulls Rod 1 back (remember that the distance can be no more than one unit). From Wordnik.com. [Another linear transmission mechanism « The Half-Baked Maker] Reference
A set of dies consists of a top die, also called a plunger, and a bottom die. From Wordnik.com. [5. Semidry foaming] Reference
A hydraulic cylinder without a piston or with a piston without seals is called a plunger cylinder. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
The plunger is a tube of thin iron, 1/16 inch less in diameter than the hole in the reel, and 1/4 inch longer than the reel. From Wordnik.com. [Things To Make] Reference
The newspapers called him a "plunger," and a story went the rounds, in which he was represented to have wrecked. From Wordnik.com. [Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life] Reference
H millions if they were shot by Ansel Adams, and next to nothing if the photographer depressing the plunger was a nobody?. From Wordnik.com. [Ansel Adams And the Art World Name Game] Reference
These are two examples brought forth by a commenter named "plunger" on BradBlog, but I thought of one more. From Wordnik.com. [One Utah] Reference
He saw no soul except the solitary boatman of the little "plunger," who landed his weekly provisions at a small cove hard by. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation] Reference
Ryan: I eventually get Monstro The Wonder Turd broken up, and I used the brush as a kind of plunger to get the plumbing working again. From Wordnik.com. [Sandwich of Ruin!] Reference
There is a shelf, a toilet plunger and a few cobwebs. From Wordnik.com. [A Locked Door.] Reference
The three plunger posts carried a longitudinal timber c. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
Gore is a plunger who thinks and acts in a straight line. From Wordnik.com. [Friends For Now] Reference
Then push the plunger forward and turn the teeth face-down. From Wordnik.com. [Weekend Project: Caulk your way to energy and financial savings] Reference
He was a good line plunger and fairly fast around the ends. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Line] Reference
"Steve is a bit careless, a risk-taking, visionary plunger.". From Wordnik.com. [Holy Shake-Up, Batman!] Reference
The needle pierced Goldie's skin and the plunger was pushed down. From Wordnik.com. [Remembering a Life] Reference
Only blasters with an exposed orange plunger are included in this recall. From Wordnik.com. [Hasbro recalls 330,000 Nerf blasters] Reference
I watch the needle go in and the plunger go down. From Wordnik.com. [All Fur and Bones] Reference
Squeeze the trigger to advance the plunger and gradually force out the caulk. From Wordnik.com. [Weekend Project: Caulk your way to energy and financial savings] Reference
O'Connor's a plunger, you know, when he's got a gambling company back of him. From Wordnik.com. [White Ashes] Reference
He'll remember the fellow they called 'the plunger,' and 'the dead-game sport.'. From Wordnik.com. [Rival Pitchers of Oakdale] Reference
In just two short weeks I had become a reckless plunger, aided and abetted by Ida Mary. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Burnt Thigh] Reference
The plunger is withdrawn, more or less, to increase the force; pushed in to diminish it. From Wordnik.com. [A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication] Reference
The stopper at the tip of the plunger is black rubber, and I know rubber is spermicidal. From Wordnik.com. [What Hands Can Do] Reference
Bayliss could not have held his present rank and station so long and been all hot-headed plunger. From Wordnik.com. [Rebel Spurs] Reference
Then pull back the plunger (some guns will require you to push a release button) and load the cartridge. From Wordnik.com. [Weekend Project: Caulk your way to energy and financial savings] Reference
He extracted the pair of syringes from their pouch and held the first one aloft, his thumb on the plunger. From Wordnik.com. [Unattended (novel excerpt)] Reference
I'm not sure why someone giving a toilet brush or a toilet plunger doesn't sort of see the symbolism in that. From Wordnik.com. [What's The Worst Gift You've Ever Received?] Reference
He took another sort of train ride as he slipped the needle into a vein on his right arm and eased the plunger down. From Wordnik.com. [Boxcar Blues] Reference
The ones with money are the ones he likes to make wait, lest they think they can make him dance with a plunger in his hand. From Wordnik.com. [Grand Fury] Reference
INSERTION: She then loads the first Norplant cylinder into the tube, pushing it with the tube's plunger until it is in place. From Wordnik.com. [The Norplant Debate] Reference
The word “NERF” in black lettering is on both sides of the blaster and the word “ARMED” is indented on the orange plunger. From Wordnik.com. [Hasbro recalls 330,000 Nerf blasters] Reference
As we reported in our November 2006 report, "Drain cleaners: Take the plunger," you have many options when it comes to clearing clogs. From Wordnik.com. [Q&A: Do nonchemical drain cleaners work?] Reference
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