plug and feathers

noun

an apparatus for splitting stone, consisting of two tapered bars (feathers), inserted into a hole drilled into the stone, between which a narrow wedge (plug) is hammered to spread them.

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Origin:
1835–45

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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

a fool or simpleton; ninny.

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