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claw hammer
noun
- a hammer having a head with one end curved and cleft for pulling out nails.
- Informal. a dress coat.
claw hammer
noun
- a hammer with a cleft at one end of the head for extracting nails Also calledcarpenter's hammer
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- clawhammer adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of claw hammer1
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Example Sentences
I look at guns as any other tool for survival: A gun is an inanimate object that has a purpose, like a claw hammer.
Exchanging the claw-hammer for his office coat, Burns went out by way of the French window to the rear of the house.
We shut the door in the face of facts if they do not come in the regulation claw-hammer coat of full dress.
There's many on 'em, with claw-hammer coats and diamonds in their shirt-fronts, as hasn't got two quid to knock together.
A key can sometimes be drawn by catching the end of it with a claw hammer and driving on the hub of pulley.
We defer to her here precisely as we wear claw-hammer coats and low-neck dresses.
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