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Synonyms for spanner


Grammar : Noun
Spell : span-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈspæn ər



Définition of spanner

Origin :
  • 1630s, a tool for winding the spring of a wheel-lock firearm, from German Spanner, from spannen (see span (v.)). Meaning "wrench" is from 1790. Figurative phrase spanner in the works attested from 1921 (Wodehouse).
  • As in monkey wrench : noun adjustable spanner
Example sentences :
  • You won't wise him up that I threw a spanner into the machinery?
  • Extract from : « The Girl on the Boat » by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
  • It's the servant man looking for a spanner for your father, Miss Mary.
  • Extract from : « The Drone » by Rutherford Mayne
  • He jumped at me unexpected when the spanner hit him, and I fell.
  • Extract from : « Prescott of Saskatchewan » by Harold Bindloss
  • If you was to put the spanner on the nuts sometimes you wouldnt get half the trouble.
  • Extract from : « Life in a Railway Factory » by Alfred Williams
  • Then he picked up a spanner, and unscrewed something, and—off she went!
  • Extract from : « Cornish Worthies, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Walter H. Tregellas
  • What, then, has thrown a spanner into the works, why the crisis?
  • Extract from : « The Accumulation of Capital » by Rosa Luxemburg
  • I had t' show ye that no spanner ever bothered Mike Bannock.
  • Extract from : « The Million Dollar Mystery » by Harold MacGrath
  • The spanner was twitched from his hand flung across the room.
  • Extract from : « The Giants From Outer Space » by Geoff St. Reynard
  • Lying on the plates is the spanner which must have spun from his hand as he fell to destruction.
  • Extract from : « An Ocean Tramp » by William McFee
  • There was a saddlebag with spanner and oilcan, but no clue as to the owner.
  • Extract from : « The Valley of Fear » by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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