pipe cleaner

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pipe cleaner

noun pipe cleaners

A piece of flexible wire in which tufted fabric is twisted and which is used to clean out the stem of a tobacco pipe or other narrow tube. It can be also used for arts and crafts.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pipe, cleaner.

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noun wire which is used to clean small crevices

Français	nettoie-pipe, chenillette, cure-pipe
Deutsch	Pfeifenreiniger
Italiano	curapipe

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@misc{pipe_cleaner_2026,
  title = {pipe cleaner},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pipe%20cleaner},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}