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A Pipe cleaner is a type of brush originally intended for cleaning smoking pipes, and is useful for cleaning many other things besides pipes. A typical pipe cleaner is made of two or three lengths of wire about 6 to 12 inches long, twisted together with bristles of some absorbent material, usually cotton. This helical shape allows the pipe cleaner to translate twisting into linear force - much like an auger. Sometimes bristles of stiffer material are added to better scrub out what is being cleaned. Unlike many other brushes, a pipe cleaner has no handle.
their whiskers were used as pipe cleaners. Fishermen killed many, and during WWII it is said that...
and as a cuticle solvent. This type of compound is also used in washing powders, some denture cleaners, non-phosphate detergents, and drain or pipe cleaners. It is also a traditional ingredient in the...
Tobacco Something to tamp the tobacco with Something to ignite the tobacco with Pipe cleaners... over ash from previous smokes. Run a pipe cleaner through the stem, dump out any dottle, and gently... This article describes a pipe used for smoking tobacco. For other uses of the word, see pipe. A...