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claw hammer definition

claw hammer

  1. a hammer with one end of the head forked and curved like a claw, used for pulling nails
  2. Informal a swallow-tailed coat

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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