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wing-nut

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Noun1.wing-nut - any tree of the genus Pterocarya; fruit is a small winged nutlet; Caucasus to southeastern Asia
wing nut
genus Pterocarya, Pterocarya - Asiatic nut trees: wing nuts
Caucasian walnut, Pterocarya fraxinifolia - medium-sized Caucasian much-branched tree distinguished from other walnut trees by its winged fruit
nut tree - tree bearing edible nuts
2.wing-nut - a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turningwing-nut - a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning
butterfly nut, thumbnut, wing screw, wing nut
nut - a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt
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If wing-nuts declare Earth is flat, would you write about that too?
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
One is that only wing-nuts of the most dangerous kind believe that society is controlled by a secret and omnipotent individual or group; the other is that conspiracy theory now dominates American political culture.
Conspiracy theories: secrecy and power in American culture; rev. ed by Reference & Research Book News
The new safety clamps, which can be easily identified by their red coated coloured wing-nuts, can only be released when the wing nut has been significantly loosened to enable the smaller diameter of the gate bolt to swing and pass through the sectioned gate.
New safety clamp feature for wedge wire filter range by Food Trade Review
 
 
 
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