How To Use Ballcock In A Sentence
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I can't even remember if the problem to do with the header tank and the problem to do with the ballcock stop valve were connected, physically or metaphorically.
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When you need to lay pipe or find a new ballcock in New Orleans, look for the overalls-wearing ballerina with the wooden pointer, riding an oversized tool.
Your Right Hand Thief
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I can't even remember if the problem to do with the header tank and the problem to do with the ballcock stop valve were connected, physically or metaphorically.
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Crapper, who was a plumber by trade in the 19th century, is often incorrectly credited for the invention of the flushing toilet, but put his name to a variety of lavatorial inventions, such as the ballcock.
Tattenham Corner
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In the toilette spray versus eau de parfume of purchasing duration calls, you'll have to ballcock your best judgment.
Wii-volution
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‘I remember being on the top of a ladder trying to hang up giant holly berries made out of - would you believe - lavatory ballcocks,’ he chuckles.
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All it took was an adjustment to the ballcock.
Times, Sunday Times
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From these, the water was piped to a ballcock regulated cistern, and from there to a small pond constructed of cement and limestone rocks to blend in with the surroundings.
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The device that caused the scare was later said to have been a ballcock from a bathroom cistern, packed with fireworks.
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Place the new ballcock through the hole in the tank.
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He obtained a ballcock of a WC, welded it to a spike, and persuaded the Dockyard to cover it with gold leaf - an expensive procedure!
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All it took was an adjustment to the ballcock.
Times, Sunday Times
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Two other reasons for flushing problems could be that the flush valve or the ballcock need to be replaced.
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War reporting ain't like selling ballcock assemblies
Archive 2009-01-11
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Crapper, who was a plumber by trade in the 19th century, is often incorrectly credited for the invention of the flushing toilet, but put his name to a variety of lavatorial inventions, such as the ballcock.
Tattenham Corner
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Position the valve so that the overflow pipe is next to the ballcock.
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This is an important question not only for those looking for someone to fettle their ballcock.
Times, Sunday Times
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The last time -- ah, I recklect well, I was called in to see if somethink wasn't wrong with the ballcock in the top cistin.
The Talking Horse And Other Tales
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If a replacement ballcock has been installed, make sure that the water level in the tank is no less than 1/2 inch below the top of the overflow tube on the flush valve.
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One was a French thing with a gear lever like a cistern's ballcock, the other a Fiat.
The Vatican Rip
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It reminded me more of Claes Oldenurg's 1967 proposal for a monumental ballcock in the Thames.
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However, this Capone turned out to be nothing more sinister than a plumber, more used to fitting ballcocks than firing a Tommy gun.
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Meanwhile, I had to go up into the roof and push down the ballcock when things went wrong.
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This is an important question not only for those looking for someone to fettle their ballcock.
Times, Sunday Times
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It's not like selling an overpriced ballcock assembly to some jack ass who bought the complete Time-Life Home Repair series at a yard sale.
Archive 2009-01-11
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And here's a list of 94, with voting on which sounds dirtiest. #1: "ballcock.
Archive 2007-02-01
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A poke here, a jab there and suddenly the bizarre piece of plastic that had wedged the ballcock in the upright position causing the cistern to not refill fell away and it filled up.
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Finally, as the evening cooled, Graham took himself up to the loft to replace the worn-out ballcock float and valve that's been giving us a problem for some time.
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Automatic top-up with a ballcock will allow all water in a new pool to pass first through the Eradicator.
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They went to a house in Longship Way, Maldon, and told the owner they were there to fix the ballcock in the loft.
