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stovepipes

/ ˈəʊˌ貹ɪ /

plural noun

  1. informal.
    tight trousers with narrow legs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Debris from the floods included propane tanks, stovepipes, lawn chairs, dishes and an American flag.

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We must redouble our efforts to work together — with allies and partners, across commands, across services and across our fiefdoms and stovepipes.

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Rosenberg: So if one of the criticisms pre-9/11 was that there were too many walls and too many stovepipes, the notion of creating another wall or an additional stovepipes didn’t make sense.

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Its shoes are in a way chronicles of seismic American shifts, sort of like Stetsons, stovepipes, fedoras and trucker caps.

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Meanwhile, reports from different services and agencies remain largely ignored and unevaluated inside their respective bureaucratic stovepipes.

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