boring bar

noun

Metalworking. a bar holding a tool for boring a cylinder or the like.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of boring bar¹

First recorded in 1835–45

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That this game would be boring, bar the battle.

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An Underwood portable boring bar machine from the 1890s was recently used to bore out one of the locomotive’s cylinders.

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Forget the boring bar scene and head along State Street to the south side of the Chicago River and down the concrete stairs under the Chicago Riverwalk sign.

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The Not So Boring Bar and Grill opened up about a year ago.

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Boring bar, a revolving or stationary bar, carrying one or more cutting tools for dressing round holes.

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boring boring billion

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