power tool

noun

a tool powered by an electric motor or a gasoline engine.

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Origin:
1955–60

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power tool

—n
	a tool powered by electricity

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power tool definition

n.
a student who studies most of the time. (An elaboration of tool.) : Willard is a power tool if there ever was one. Studies most of the night.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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