Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A faucet with a nozzle that is bent downward; a bibb.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A cock or faucet having a bent-down nozle.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A cock or faucet having a bent down nozzle.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An appliance allowing the provision of hose connections outside of buildings

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Probably bib + cock.]

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Examples

  • Snyder picked up a brass bibcock and broke the iron handle off with a sparking blow of his hammer.

    The Safe 2006

  • Snyder picked up a brass bibcock and broke the iron handle off with a sparking blow of his hammer.

    The Safe 2006

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