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  • noun Plural form of spanner.

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Examples

  • Hate to be bitchy, but maybe the fact that he has a face like a bag of spanners is the real reason why he is still a virgin??

    X Factor Betting Odds: Rhydian To Win The Final? 2007

  • Misago said Zimbabwean victims of the violence reported that the xenophobia was the culmination of long-standing tensions between Zimbabwean and South African labour brokers, known locally as contractors, or "spanners".

    Mail & Guardian Online 2009

  • Damar (damar. biz) will offer the full range of tools including core tools such as spanners, wrenches, pliers, saws, scrapers and screwdrivers.

    Newswire Today - Free Newswire - Press Releases Distribution 2009

  • Misago said Zimbabwean victims of the violence reported that the xenophobia was the culmination of long-standing tensions between Zimbabwean and South African labour brokers, known locally as contractors, or "spanners".

    Mail & Guardian Online 2009

  • - You, walksy and Gollo are the kind of spanners England doesn't need following them. "

    TEAMtalk Football News 2010

  • In some communities, public radio and television stations, community foundations, public libraries and local United Ways are natural boundary spanners.

    Richard C. Harwood: Beyond the Outrage: Turning Protest Into Positive Force for Change Richard C. Harwood 2011

  • Both men are part of the union's senior management team and oversee regular aircraft maintenance and safety checks that can involve using tools such as screwdrivers and spanners.

    Qantas Workers' Protest at Hand Ross Kelly 2011

  • Building Trust The connections established by the "boundary spanners" who take on foreign assignments can replace the competitiveness that often crops up between the home office and a distant outpost with trust, he says.

    You Had to Be There Jeff Bennett 2011

  • In some communities, public radio and television stations, community foundations, public libraries and local United Ways are natural boundary spanners.

    Richard C. Harwood: Beyond the Outrage: Turning Protest Into Positive Force for Change Richard C. Harwood 2011

  • Now, Obama has made a point of "resetting" relations with Moscow, and to do that he needs to remove as many spanners from the diplomatic works as possible.

    A Foe to Love 2010

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