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  • The object is painted matte black and joined to what Gibson calls his "pipe-stem" wrist with a nylon band.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed JOHN BARBER 2012

  • And at the first hint of pressure she felt that her arm was a pipe-stem about to break.

    CHAPTER XIII 2010

  • But that typewriter proved to me that I had a pipe-stem for a back.

    Chapter 23 2010

  • But that typewriter proved to me that I had a pipe-stem for a back.

    THE BRAIN MERCHANT 2010

  • He ceased, puffed at the pipe, found that it was out, and passed it over to Zilla, who took the sneer at the white man off her lips in order to pucker them about the pipe-stem.

    THE WHITE MAN'S WAY 2010

  • He ceased, puffed at the pipe, found that it was out, and passed it over to Zilla, who took the sneer at the white man off her lips in order to pucker them about the pipe-stem.

    The White Man's Way 2010

  • Would that be Vulcanite, the traditional pipe-stem material? hpoulter says:

    Out of Context Ad Challenge: the answer – The Bleat. 2009

  • Tallboy just sits around tamping tobacco into his pipe, chewing the pipe-stem over and over, looking at us.

    The Philosophy of Charlie Parker 2009

  • Tallboy just sits around tamping tobacco into his pipe, chewing the pipe-stem over and over, looking at us.

    The Philosophy of Charlie Parker 2009

  • But I have a damned good dose of the devil in my pipe-stem atomy; I have had my little holiday outing in my kick at The Young Chevalier, and I guess I can settle to DaviD. Balfour tomorrow or Friday like a little man.

    Vailima Letters 2005

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