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  2. Crowbar - Wikipedia

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    A crowbar with a curved chisel end to provide a fulcrum for leverage and a goose neck to pull nails. A crowbar, also called a wrecking bar, pry bar or prybar, pinch-bar, or occasionally a prise bar or prisebar, colloquially gooseneck, or pig bar, or in Australia a jemmy, [1] is a lever consisting of a metal bar with a single curved end and flattened points, used to force two objects apart or ...

  3. List of common false etymologies of English words - Wikipedia

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    Crowbar: A "crowbar" is not so named for its use by Black menial workers, [61] but rather for its forked end, which resembles a crow's foot. [ 62 ] Emoji : These pictographic characters are often mistakenly believed to be a simplified form of the word emoticon , itself a portmanteau of "emotion icon".

  4. Digging bar - Wikipedia

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    Typically, each end has a different shape so as to provide two different tool functions in one tool. Common end shapes include: Blunt — a broad, blunt surface for tamping. Point — for breaking hard materials and prying. Wedge — an unsharpened blade for digging, breaking and prying. A San Angelo bar has a wedge at one end.

  5. Crowbar (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    A crowbar is a tool with a curved end used for prying objects apart. Crowbar may also refer to: Digging bar , called a crowbar in the UK and Australia, a straight metal bar used for post hole digging or for leverage

  6. Cat's paw (tool) - Wikipedia

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    A cat's paw or cat's claw is a metal hand tool used for extracting nails, typically from wood, using leverage. A standard tool in carpentry, it has a sharp V-shaped tip on one or both ends, which is driven into the wood by a hammer to capture the nailhead. Essentially, it is a smaller, more ergonomic, purpose-designed crowbar.

  7. Talk:Crowbar - Wikipedia

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    And the crowbar article seems to conflate two different tools. A Pry bar doesn't have the U-shaped hooked end. 70.29.208.247 20:41, 27 April 2010 (UTC) To me here in England (e.g. when I was in the IWPS) the long straight tool is a 'crowbar' and the shorter U-curved tool is a 'jemmy' or 'packing

  8. Lever - Wikipedia

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    A lever is a simple machine consisting of a beam or rigid rod pivoted at a fixed hinge, or fulcrum.A lever is a rigid body capable of rotating on a point on itself. On the basis of the locations of fulcrum, load, and effort, the lever is divided into three types.

  9. Crowbar (tool) - Wikipedia

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