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spigot
[ spig-uht ]
noun
- a small peg or plug for stopping the vent of a cask.
- a peg or plug for stopping the passage of liquid in a faucet or cock.
- a faucet or cock for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like.
- the end of a pipe that enters the enlarged end of another pipe to form a joint.
spigot
/ ˈɪɡə /
noun
- a stopper for the vent hole of a cask
- a tap, usually of wood, fitted to a cask
- a US name for tap 2
- a short cylindrical projection on one component designed to fit into a hole on another, esp the male part of a joint ( spigot and socket joint ) between two pipes
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of spigot1
C14: probably from Old Provençal espiga a head of grain, from Latin ī a point
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Imagine two spigots pouring money into three buckets.
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She drags 200 feet of hose to water her new plantings a few times a month, from a spigot made available by Alliance Susan & Eric Smidt Technology High School next door.
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There he only claimed to turn on the water spigot after he visited.
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Once there, if you’re a newbie, head for Yosemite Falls, the great spigot of Yosemite Valley and North America’s tallest waterfall, a 2,425-foot medley of cascades down granite walls.
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But what happens if the magical spigot of Yank money is turned off?
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