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spare part
[f. spare a. + part n.]
1. A duplicate of a part of a machine kept or available in readiness to replace a loss, failure, or breakage. Freq. pl.
1888J. G. Horner Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. 336 It is customary to include spare parts with work which is despatched to the colonies and with sea-going engines. 1904C. B. Fry's Mag. June 294/2 In addition to the actual trying of the racing car..there is a great deal of detail work in connection with supplies of..spare parts. 1931Proc. Inst. Automobile Engineers XXV. 106 In some cases spare-part lists hardly exist, very largely due no doubt to rapid change of design. 1936E. Waugh Waugh in Abyssinia v. 182 We would not take the lorry until it was fully equipped... He could not get the spare parts on credit. 1971Engineering Apr. 31/1 Quick and easy over-haul and spare-part replacement. 1972Guardian 18 Oct. 14/2 Some agent for British cars abroad is heard complaining..that he can make no profit because he sells no spare parts.
2. transf. A visceral organ or other bodily part from a donor, or a prosthetic device, which is to be used to replace a defective organ, etc., in a person. Freq. attrib., as spare-part(s) surgery. colloq.
1944[see bank n.3 7 f]. 1960S. Plath Colossus 87 The storerooms are full of hearts. This is the city of spare parts. 1963Daily Tel. 21 Sept. 9/5 Spare part surgery is still in its infancy. 1967New Scientist 25 May 449/1 With the technique of kidney transplantation now firmly established..spare-part surgeons are now turning their attention to other organs in the body. 1968Guardian 6 May 8/1 Spare parts surgery is too important to be left to the surgeons alone. 1970D. J. Marlowe in Mystery Writers' Choice 1977 (1977) 4 ‘Well, what about your body?’ I still didn't care for the idea about being used for spare parts. 1977B. Pym Quartet in Autumn ii. 20 She could donate certain organs to assist in research or spare-part surgery. |