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crescent wrench

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Noun1.crescent wrench - an adjustable wrench designed to fit hexagonal nuts with the adjusting screw built into the head of the wrench
adjustable spanner, adjustable wrench - can be changed to different settings
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For many other plumbing jobs, you will also need an adjustable or crescent wrench, which will assist in handling threaded fittings.
Do It Yourself or Call the Experts? by Wesley Holm / Home improvement and landscaping community
If it''s too tight to unscrew and remove by hand, give it a little help by using a crescent wrench.
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Kevin Shannon Jones, 26, was convicted Tuesday of seven second-degree assault and three felony coercion charges for burning the 8 1/2 -months pregnant woman with a lighter, striking her with tongs and a crescent wrench, cutting her with a knife, shaving her hair and eyebrows, putting hot sauce in her eyes, pulling her tooth and holding a machete to her throat.
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