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push-through

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A narrow passageway through.
  2. A device for cleaning a rifle bore.

Equivalents

Polskiwycior

Examples

“Twas hard to believe⟳ a whale that big could get⟳ herself into the pond. Certainly, there was no water for her in the pushthrough, and even the south gut never had no more'n two fathom and a half since ever I see⟳ it. But there she was, and looking twice as big as life.”
“Greener's ‘push⟳ through’ invention works well with very small bores.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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