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Recent Examples of drainpipe
The human digestive tract was, by Lane’s estimation, the biological equivalent of the household drainage system: with the stomach as the toilet bowl, the small intestine the drainpipe and the large bowel the septic tank.
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Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
Calls for help along a north Georgia highway led to the discovery of a man stuck in a 24-inch drainpipe under the road, according to rescuers.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024
Likewise, Miuccia Prada became the doyenne of the drainpipe, when ankle-squeezing denim appeared on the recent autumn/winter 2024 runway, teamed with a pair of chunky brogues which Carl Barat would approve of.
—Laura Hawkins, Vogue, 11 Apr. 2024
Amy Winehouse, Alexa Chung and Victoria Beckham all technically gave us the skinny on how to navigate denim’s slimline silhouette, but no one pulled off drainpipes quite like Kate, who made them–against all odds–look completely effortless.
—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2024
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Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
Calls for help along a north Georgia highway led to the discovery of a man stuck in a 24-inch drainpipe under the road, according to rescuers.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024
Likewise, Miuccia Prada became the doyenne of the drainpipe, when ankle-squeezing denim appeared on the recent autumn/winter 2024 runway, teamed with a pair of chunky brogues which Carl Barat would approve of.
—Laura Hawkins, Vogue, 11 Apr. 2024
Amy Winehouse, Alexa Chung and Victoria Beckham all technically gave us the skinny on how to navigate denim’s slimline silhouette, but no one pulled off drainpipes quite like Kate, who made them–against all odds–look completely effortless.
—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2024
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“Drainpipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drainpipe. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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