What Gets The Shaft Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 11, 2023

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	noun • housing for a crankshaft
	34%	8		Connects an input shaft to an output shaft
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	25%	4		It gets the shaft
	noun • excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted • explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel verb • get from the earth by excavation • lay mines

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