drain-pipe

Unfortunately she was too late to warn Dr. King, arriving only in time to shinny up a drain-pipe to the balcony, jump in front of the great leader, and take the bullet.

Hospital Says Story Told By Hillary Is False 2009

Here Bat Boy rides out of a plastic drain-pipe on a magma slick in glorious celebration of "Brian Day".

Archive 2009-01-01 Jen 2009

Here Bat Boy rides out of a plastic drain-pipe on a magma slick in glorious celebration of "Brian Day".

Why So Serious? Jen 2009

He gave up all idea of climbing by means of the drain-pipe, and crawled along the wall to get back into the Rue Polonceau.

Les Miserables 2008

There are simply too many people out there thinking they're ready to move on to that professional phase of writing, when in fact they're clogging up the drain-pipe and making it difficult for the rest of us.

Miss Snark sifts the comment pile Miss Snark 2005

The drain-pipe was dripping, a dulcet and lively song: drippety drip drip dribble, drippety drip drip drip.

Babbit 2004

She knew well enough what was happening to her — understood as well as I did how dreadful a destiny it was to be kneeling there in the bitter cold, on the slimy stones of a slum backyard, poking a stick up a foul drain-pipe.

The Road to Wigan Pier 2004

There was an iron stool or pot for excreta, giving, as he could see, into a large drain-pipe which ran along the inside wall, and which was obviously flushed by buckets of water being poured into it.

The Financier 2004

Still more, they even saw the necessity of laying a drain-pipe through the street.

Creatures That Once Were Men, and other stories 2003

He liked her; he admired her; he still thought of the man in the drain-pipe looking up at her; but he felt it necessary to assert himself.

To the Lighthouse 2002