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wing nut
noun
A nut with wing-like projections to provide leverage in turning with thumb and forefinger.
Exact(44)
Mr Bernanke is no such wing nut.
Representative Raúl R. Labrador, Republican of Idaho, called it "the wing nut coalition" and Mr. Amash "the chief wing nut".
They want to believe this is some individual wing nut.
Without thinking, I removed the wing nut holding the intake cover and slipped off the air filter.
The wing nut is used in applications in which frequent adjustment is necessary and hand tightening is sufficient.
The damage included removing a wing nut from a door and removing a board and replacing it again.
Similar(16)
Kerry to Bush: "You right-wing nut job".
It wasn't a failure of America or even a right-wing nut that killed Kennedy.
"Heck is an absolute stooge for these right-wing nut cases," Mr. Reid said.
Surnow, who has jokingly called himself a "right-wing nut job," shares his show's hard-line perspective.
What's the Clinton campaign come to when she can't get equal denunciation time from a right-wing nut job?
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