Spanner Man

A construction worker who lack's the skill set to do the job they have turned up at a site to do but will please the management by playing with the managers spanner

fuck me look who's turned up it's that matt Welford from Stoke it won't be long before he's playing with the bosses Spanner # Spanner man

by Phil Blade November 14, 2024

dockyard spanner

A hammer. Suggests that workers in the dockyard are heavy handed and use brute force and wrong tools to achieve desired outcome, regardless of collateral damage caused.

"Pass me that dockyard spanner, would you, old fruit? I need to jolly well tap this nail in."

by Shackleford Hurtmore February 12, 2013

swing a spanner

To work as a mechanic or mechanics apprentice. Not to be confused with the useless fuckwits in admin who like to use the saying to describe writing with a pen.

Ask Bob to fix your car, he can swing a spanner properly

by King Tony December 17, 2020

Spanner job

UK: Used to describe the fifty pence piece due to its seven sided design and its resembelence to a nut*.

*As in nut and bolt.

Customer: Barman! can I have change for the cig machine.
Barman: How much do y' need?
Customer: A couple of spanner jobs should sort it, ta!

by Blue Cawdrey November 21, 2004

(wank spanners basatoradorial fuck custard)

an ultimate cunt who should be liquidised into thalidomide wank oil and festering decomposed spunk

((wank spanners basatoradorial fuck custard) a third dan black belt shit house and fuck custard who should be stir fried in hot synthetic Kentucky fried dog shit after being arse fucked by a bisexual octopus, while his balls are steamed cleaned in hot camels piss. a), a mark five cunt with power steering and overdrive.

by bucket crutch 2 April 20, 2022

Spanner and screwdriver

Spanner - cocaine and MDMA. 2. An idiot/spencer. 3. A problem i.e. to throw a spanner in the clockwork.
Screwdriver - orange juice and vodka. 2. A knife with a chipped off tip. 3. A twisting punch that does internal dammage.

Im totally spanskrew man, too many spanner's to many screwdriver's.

Get a spanner and screwdriver down your neck man.

by Step lupid May 30, 2024

Blue tongue spanner

An Australian colloquialism for an oxy acetylene torch used to cut metals.

Can't get the bolt off Bob, I'm going to have to use the blue tongue spanner

by Mykemyke March 01, 2022