Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In a steam-engine, the pipe that conveys waste steam from the cylinder to the condenser, or through which it escapes to the atmosphere.
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Examples
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The steady rumble of the engine became intermittent; then there was a crashing report and a sheet of yellow flame from the exhaust-pipe.
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If I pedal hard enough, I have convinced myself, sparks will shoot out of the pipe at the back just behind my seat where the chrome plastic cap has fallen off and left an exhaust-pipe kind of hole.
MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010
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The strike, the second to hit Honda in China's Guangdong province, the country's export powerhouse, since mid-May, raises the possibility that workers at the Foshan exhaust-pipe plant have taken a leaf from the workers involved in the previous strike in the hope of quickly securing wage increases.
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Presently the engines rumbled out and regular, spasmodic puffs of fumes appeared from the exhaust-pipe in the funnel; then the vessel turned away and headed eastwards up the Channel.
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If I pedal hard enough, I have convinced myself, sparks will shoot out of the pipe at the back just behind my seat where the chrome plastic cap has fallen off and left an exhaust-pipe kind of hole.
MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010
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If I pedal hard enough, I have convinced myself, sparks will shoot out of the pipe at the back just behind my seat where the chrome plastic cap has fallen off and left an exhaust-pipe kind of hole.
MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010
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An old and noisy Russian motorbike with no exhaust-pipe was their only means of transport.
Ehsan Azari: Tales of the Taliban in Their Own Words Ehsan Azari 2010
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When you do eventually replace your car, it obviouslty makes sense to do so with a light, simple and fuel-efficient model: that way you'll be limiting both the manufacturing and the exhaust-pipe emissions.
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If I pedal hard enough, I have convinced myself, sparks will shoot out of the pipe at the back just behind my seat where the chrome plastic cap has fallen off and left an exhaust-pipe kind of hole.
MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010
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Toyota also said Wednesday that it will recall about 1.4 million vehicles world-wide -- equal to 17% of its 2008 global vehicle sales -- because of faulty seat belts and exhaust-pipe defects.
Toyota and Nissan Auto Production Sinks in Japan Amid Weak Demand 2009
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