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Starting handle   /stˈɑrtɪŋ hˈændəl/   Listen
Starting handle

noun
1.
Crank used to start an engine.  Synonym: crank handle.






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"Starting handle" Quotes from Famous Books



... faster and faster for—as it seemed to the doctor—the better part of a minute. Beads of perspiration appeared upon his brow and ran together; he bared his teeth in a snarl; his hat slipped over one eye. He groaned with rage. Then, using the starting handle as a club, he assailed the car. He smote the brazen Mercury from its foothold and sent it and a part of the radiator cap with it flying across the road. He beat at the wings of the bonnet, until they bent in under his blows. Finally, he hurled ...
— The Secret Places of the Heart • H. G. Wells



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