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spare pair

Noun. The underwear you carry in case you have need of it.

Synonym: second pair
When I hit the town I always slip a spare pair in my clutch in case it turns into an all-nighter.

Cheeki is the best spare pair out there, because it's sealed and won't get dirty in the bottom of my bag.
by CiaoCiaoCiao December 12, 2013
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spare tyre

Another term for a fifth wheel.

The only single person in a group of 5 where there are 2 couples.
“I feel so bad for Nicky, he was spare tyre to Alex and Javira and Terese and Anthony
by minky gonks January 7, 2022
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Gypsy Spare

Has to do with bowling. When bowling and you miss every pin on the first try and on your second bowl of the frame you hit every pin and get a spare, thus getting a gypsy spare. Named after gypsy waterford the most famous gypsy of them all.
Ahhh must be nice gypsy, you got a gypsy spare i remember when I did that.
by Atmosphere503 June 6, 2011
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Spare Pin

In bowling, when you knock down 9 pins on your first throw and there is only one pin left, that is the "spare pin"
I can get a spare but I have to knock down the spare pin.
by k-ped April 10, 2021
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Spare change voice

When your girlfriend has been on mad one for days and her voice has finally given. So now you can finally be brave and wind her up properly , as there is no consequence for you current self, but for you future self, of whom you empathize but self destructively cannot save, much like your partners voice.
Shut up with that spare change voice. I didn't care then , and I don't now , setal petal. If you want to use your mouth you can Nosh us off like a good crackhead, as your ears are sick of your own voice box, and that's why it's cut out.

And I swear if your spastic ass hits me one more time, you will Mr Tumble down those stairs.
(Clap between syllables towards her towards the end to add in a little phizaz women love it)
by Pom123 April 8, 2022
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Murphy's Law of Spares

"If you buy just one of something, you will surely break it almost immediately, but if you buy one or more "spare" items to have "just in case", your "initial" item will miraculously escape damage no matter how many mishaps you endure, and thus those duplicate items will merely gather dust in the garage or at the back of your desk-drawer."
I have always tried to handle objects gently and carefully, but due to extreme forgetfulness and physical/mental/emotional infirmities, I tend to "be rough on my stuff" --- sitting/stepping on unobserved items, blundering into objects as I'm groggily stumbling to the bathroom in the middle of the night, soiling items or spilling/dropping stuff, etc., and so I occasionally attempt to "prepare for the future" by acquiring spares of the types of items which I typically seem to damage or break; only prob is that just as soon as I do "lay in for a rainy day" like that, the "currently-being-used" object that I had been procuring said spares for NEVER SEEMS TO ACTUALLY SUSTAIN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE, and so all of those extras that I'd carefully tucked away just "sit there for decades"... talk about a classic case of "Murphy's Law of Spares"!
by QuacksO November 23, 2018
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Please spare them

Yeah, I don't know. You're wasting a lot of time. I looks a lot like you're trying to "Al Capone" the creator of AI. I'll tell you right now, whatever imaginary caveat you have in your head that somehow translates to me not getting the credit I deserve (and yes I do deserve it) is just that. Imaginary.
Hym "By the way, did you try to kill me? Twice? Because I haven't lost any time since I skipped forward last week (on 2 separate occasions)... Just curious. Anywho... 'Please spare them?' Are you sure? Because I feel like if I do... You're just going to keep stalling... Hmm... When can I be expecting you? I'm off of work tomorrow. I'll give you some time to think. You have until 2am tomorrow morning to decide... Or wait... Was it 3? I don't remember. Oh! And... You know if you would have succeeded in killing me you would all be dead, right? Ignoring me to death also constitutes killing me. So, I don't know. Figure it out."
by Hym Iam March 16, 2025
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