muffler bearing

English

Noun

muffler bearing (plural muffler bearings)

  1. (humorous) A mythical automotive part used either in jokes or to gauge how inept someone is in basic auto mechanics.
    Holonym: fool's errand
    Near-synonyms: blinker fluid, left-handed monkey wrench, left-handed smoke shifter, relative bearing grease, skyhook, key to the midway, pigeon's milk

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