pipe cleaner
noun
a short length of twisted flexible wires covered with tufted fabric, used to clean the stem of a smoker's pipe and for various handicrafts.
Origin of pipe cleaner
First recorded in 1865–70
Words nearby pipe cleaner
pipal,
pipe,
pipe batten,
pipe bomb,
pipe clay,
pipe cleaner,
pipe cutter,
pipe down,
pipe dream,
pipe fitter,
pipe fitting
Example sentences from the Web for pipe cleaner
The first pipe-cleaner man was shinnying up the power cable.
Makers |Cory DoctorowA pipe-cleaner man happened upon a shard after a moment and hugged it to his chest, then toddled back into the box with it.
Makers |Cory DoctorowImprovising tweezers from a pipe-cleaner, he picked this up and looked at it.
Murder in the Gunroom |Henry Beam Piper
British Dictionary definitions for pipe cleaner
pipe cleaner
noun
a short length of thin wires twisted so as to hold tiny tufts of yarn: used to clean the stem of a tobacco pipe