bib-cock

bib·cock

[bib-kok]
noun Plumbing.
a faucet having a nozzle bent downward.
Also, bib, bibb.


Origin:
1790–1800; bib + cock1

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bibcock or bib (ˈbɪbˌkɒk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a tap having a nozzle bent downwards and supplied from a horizontal pipe
 
bib or bib
 
n

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Bib-cock is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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