'loose pipe' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a pipe or plumbing fixture that is not securely attached and is at risk of coming loose. For example: "We need to fix the loose pipe under the kitchen sink before it causes a leak."
The amount of loose pipe tobacco sold in 2011 was enough to make 17.5 billion cigarettes, a sixfold increase over the amount sold in 2008.
The increased popularity of loose pipe tobacco, which is often marketed now for dual use, and of the cigarettelike large cigars seems to be directly related to a 2009 increase in the federal tobacco excise tax, which made pipe tobacco far less expensive than roll-your-own tobacco, and large cigars less heavily taxed than small cigars and cigarettes.
The problem, the studies suggest, is that planet-warming methane, the chief component of natural gas, is escaping into the atmosphere in far larger quantities than previously thought, with as much as 7.9 percent of it puffing out from shale gas wells, intentionally vented or flared, or seeping from loose pipe fittings along gas distribution lines.
Sediment transport equations which are applicable for both conditions in sewers, namely rigid boundary (clean pipes) and loose boundary (pipes with deposited beds) are being derived to meet the challenging condition of flow.
Armed with a digital camcorder, he filmed Father Perry making a pitch for funds on the altar, a large, loose organ pipe slung over one shoulder to underscore the sense of need.
Those respondents answering "yes" to both questions "during your life have you smoked more than 5 packs of cigarettes or cigars or smoked at least an estimated equivalent amount of loose or pipe tobacco?" (yes/no) and "do you smoke or have you smoked tobacco products regularly, in other words daily or nearly daily?" (yes/no) were classified as having been smoking regularly.
The water hammer hazards are mainly in four aspects: the high water pressure bursting pipes, the vacuum flattening pipes and leading to water pollution, the cavitation damaging the pipes and pump impellers, as well as the transient force loosing the pipe joints.
I love the labyrinth of fire escapes, the loose wires, drainage pipes......and especially the storm windows, which look strong enough to keep out the fiercest hurricane.
The money was safe: three pound ten in notes and some loose change, along with his pipe and pipe cleaners and dirty tobacco pouch, the smell of which stayed on her fingers when she closed the drawer.
"They researched the law through and through, and there's a gaping exception for pipe and loose tobacco," Mr. Behrins said.
Fewer Americans are smoking cigarettes, but a growing number are turning to cigarettelike cigars that can sell for as little as seven cents apiece or to making cigarettes from inexpensive loose tobacco labeled for pipe use, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.
