noun
General Slang
Hickey
· noun · construction
A hand bender for shaping rigid electrical conduit by leverage.
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Definitions
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An electrician's hand tool for putting bends in rigid conduit — a short hooked head on a handle you walk down the pipe, making the bend in small increments. Old-school, slow, and easy to kink if you rush. Mostly displaced by proper shoe benders, but still in every veteran's truck.
“Grab the hickey, this offset's too tight to fight with the big bender.”
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A small fitting used to mount a light fixture to an outlet box — threaded both sides, lets a stem hang.
“Run a hickey on the box so the pendant has something to thread into.”
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Hickey In A Sentence
Grab the hickey, this offset's too tight to fight with the big bender.
Run a hickey on the box so the pendant has something to thread into.
Origin & Usage
American electrical trade slang, early 20th century — origin obscure; 'hickey' as a generic 'thingamajig' predates the specific tool.
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