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bib⋅cock

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


Origin:
1790–1800; bib + cock 1
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bib·cock   (bĭb'kŏk')   
n.  A faucet with a nozzle that is bent downward; a bibb.

[Probably bib + cock1.]
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