Pipe Office
/ˈpʌɪp ɒfɪs/noun
The office in the Exchequer in which pipe rolls are drawn up. Compare pipe. Now historical.
- Abolished by the Fines & Recoveries Act, 1833..
Origin
Early 17th century (in an earlier sense). From pipe + office. In some forms from the genitive of pipe + office.
- from above-stairs
- from a child
- fromage blanc
- fromage frais
- from all angles
- from A to B
- from A to Z
- from bad to worse
- from cover to cover
- from day one
- from day to day (or hour to hour etc.)
- (from) door to door
- from farm to fork (or table)
- from first to last
- (from) go to whoa
- (from) hand to mouth
- from head to toe (or foot)
- from hence
- from hero to zero
- fromm
- from memory
- Fromm, Erich
- from nature
- from now (or then etc.) on
- from on high