SPANNERS
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Scrabble
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Definition
noun
- A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts; a wrench.“Pass me that spanner, Jake; there's just one more nut to screw in.”
- One who, or that which, spans.
- A hand tool shaped like a small crank handle, for winding the spring of a wheel lock on a musket.
- A device in early steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam.
- A problem, dilemma or obstacle; something unexpected or troublesome (in the phrase spanner in the works)
Source: Wiktionary
