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gimlet |
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gimlet [gim-let] Noun a small hand tool with a pointed spiral tip, used for boring holes in wood Adjective penetrating or piercing: gimlet eyes [Old French guimbelet]
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"'Tis true," he said; "but where can I get a chisel to take the planks out, a gimlet to pierce the cask? Others have been drawn out, not without trouble, from the bottoms of ships, which they had pierced through and through, as a gimlet pierces a barrel. I got quite cross with them after a bit, and told them what I thought of them, and then they gave the gimlet such an excruciating wrench that I woke up. |
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