pinch bar
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pinch bar, claw bar, ripping bar, wrecking bar
A steel bar with a U-shaped claw at one end and a chisel point at the other; often used as a lever for lifting heavy objects.
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- Shovels and Digging and Lifting Tools - pinch bar: crowbar with projection at one end that acts as fulcrum, used for removing spikes or wedged under heavy wheel to be rolled; wrecking bar
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