wank spanner 

Andy M is the prime exaple of one of these.

Oi!! Wank spanner!! You down the pub later??

wank spanner by Brother of Wankspanner December 9, 2008

wank spanner 

mother fucker who is the ultimate arsehole, and no matter how hard he/she trys evrybody will hate. i.e.

joe is a fucking WANK SPANNER

wank spanner by Shane B January 13, 2004

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."

dockyard spanner by Shackleford Hurtmore February 12, 2013

chinese spanner 

A mechanics nickname for a hammer

Oi mate can ya chuck me the Chinese spanner this bolts stuck

chinese spanner by Aussie_mechanic June 12, 2018

Dirty spanner 

Finger blasting your girlfriends dog with her nans tooth brush

Mate should of seen tye look of disgust she gave me after the dirty spanner

Dirty spanner by Spanner durammrer August 4, 2022

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

swing a spanner by King Tony December 17, 2020

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

Blue tongue spanner by Mykemyke February 28, 2022