stinger
n.— «Richardson was training Jason Chamberlain how to refill chemical tanks at the CNRL site near Edson. They had no idea the chemical was highly explosive, Richardson claims. “(Chamberlain) was outside, he put the stinger—as they call it—into the tank, and he come back and he kicked the pumps and he come back out front,” Richardson said.» —“Charges in chemical blast” by Shane Holladay Edmonton Sun (Can.) Mar. 18, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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