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What is a drainpipe?

What is a drainpipe? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A pipe that caries fluid which is being drained.
    1. A verticle pipe carrying water from the roof gutter down the side of a building; downspout.
    2. A conduit for carrying rainwater or flood water.
    3. A pipe that carries wastewater from a bathtub, shower, sink, etc.
    4. A pipe that is part of a device or appliance for carrying away waste fluid.
  2. (uncountable) The type of pipe that is used to construct a drainpipe.
  3. A type of form-fitting trousers with highly tapered legs.
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A suspended ceiling in the town's social welfare office collapsed after water burst from a drainpipe on the roof of the building.
I was the lead singer and used to wear tight red drainpipe trousers and thin ties.
Not only does the drainpipe leg hang badly with most footwear but it emphasises the fuller hips and rear.
In east London youths dressed in drainpipe trousers and slicked back their hair.
He was stuck in a drainpipe, chest-deep in the rising floodwaters of Hurricane Floyd.
Cut another piece of drainpipe that fits between the elbow on the wall and 1 foot above the ground.

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