noun General Slang

Channies

· noun · construction

Channellock tongue-and-groove pliers — the blue-handled grippers.

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Channellock tongue-and-groove pliers. Another brand-eats-category situation: the Meadville, PA company made the adjustable slip-joint pliers so iconic that every plumber, electrician, and HVAC tech calls any version 'Channies' regardless of who made them. Spot them by the cyan-blue grips.

“Grab the big Channies out the truck, this packing nut's seized.”
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Channies In A Sentence

Grab the big Channies out the truck, this packing nut's seized.

Origin & Usage

Channellock Inc., founded 1886 in Meadville, Pennsylvania; the company patented the tongue-and-groove pliers design in 1933.

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