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  2. 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".

  3. 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 ...

  4. Crowbar (American band) - Wikipedia

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    Crowbar's music has been described as sludge metal. According to Steve Huey of AllMusic, Crowbar "combines the doomy heft of Black Sabbath, the intense riffage of Pantera, and the intricate progressions of Metallica". [20] According to author J. J. Anselmi, Crowbar's sound has evolved from "unadultered aggression to [embracing] haunting quietude."

  5. Digging bar - Wikipedia

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    Using digging bars to move rocks A girl and a man dig a hole with a heavy digging bar to plant a tree. Common uses of digging bars include breaking up clay, concrete, frozen ground, and other hard materials, moving or breaking up tree roots and obstacles, and making holes in the ground for fence posts.

  6. Ma and Pa Kettle - Wikipedia

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    Geoduck (Oliver Blake) and Crowbar (Teddy Hart or Stan Ross) are Pa's Native American friends and usually act as his handymen, doing various tasks around the house under Pa's "supervision." Geoduck, pronounced "jaw-duck" in The Egg and I and then standardized as "gear-duck", is the chief of their tribe.

  7. Down (band) - Wikipedia

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    Down is an American heavy metal supergroup that formed in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1991.The current lineup consists of vocalist Phil Anselmo (Pantera and Superjoint Ritual), drummer Jimmy Bower (Crowbar, Eyehategod, Superjoint Ritual), guitarists Pepper Keenan (Corrosion of Conformity) and Kirk Windstein (Crowbar), and bassist Pat Bruders ().

  8. Odd Fellows Rest - Wikipedia

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    Odd Fellows Rest is the fifth studio album by American sludge metal band Crowbar, released on July 7, 1998 through Mayhem Records. It was re-released on August 24, 1999 via Spitfire Records, featuring a bonus track. Kirk Windstein described the album as "the first record where the Crowbar rulebook was thrown out of the window" [5]

  9. 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