Synonyms for monkey wrench
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : muhng-kee-rench |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmʌŋ kiˌrɛntʃ |
Définition of monkey wrench
- noun adjustable spanner
- A monkey wrench can be used as a vise for work as light as this.
- Extract from : « Carpentry and Woodwork » by Edwin W. Foster
- "Now then, Terence, I have work for you and your monkey wrench," Cappy continued.
- Extract from : « Cappy Ricks Retires » by Peter B. Kyne
- "We sure dropped a monkey wrench in a gold mine," Rick said.
- Extract from : « The Caves of Fear » by John Blaine
- If you had youd been laid out with a monkey wrench on the side of your head.
- Extract from : « Four Afloat » by Ralph Henry Barbour
- It kind of throws a monkey wrench into our plan, doesn't it?
- Extract from : « The Egyptian Cat Mystery » by Harold Leland Goodwin
- All it needs is to have the monkey wrench taken out of the pit.
- Extract from : « The Corner House Girls on a Houseboat » by Grace Brooks Hill
- And he went hunting all over the place and finally brought me a monkey wrench!
- Extract from : « Skyrider » by B. M. Bower
- He had a monkey wrench in one hand and a greasy rag in the other.
- Extract from : « Captain Scraggs » by Peter B. Kyne
- He oughter be'n back in ha'f a' hour, but he come pokin' home 'bout dinner-time wid a screw-driver stidder a monkey wrench.
- Extract from : « The Conjure Woman » by Charles W. Chesnutt
- A monkey wrench or a laser torch makes a pretty fair weapon.
- Extract from : « Industrial Revolution » by Poul William Anderson
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