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turnscrew
noun
A screwdriver
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For journalism, tracing the screwdriver back to 18th-century France (when the word tournevis, literally "turnscrew," first appears in print) sufficed.
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Eleven hang on the Pegboard, five more hide in the toolbox, and, counting all the devices for turning screws, including Allen wrenches and bits for that finest of all turnscrews, the Chapman wrench, I have more than 50 ways to drive screws.
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