snivel gear
n.— «If money is no object, I would use rack mount MultiTech modems with all the monitor snivel gear, Otherwise I would buy 2834’s or 1432’s and just stack them to the ceiling, with wall bar outlets for the transformers.» —“Re: help me build a modem pool” by Keith Smith Usenet: comp.dcom.servers July 23, 1994. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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