English

Noun

Birmingham screwdriver ‎(plural Birmingham screwdrivers)

1. (Britain, slang) A hammer.
   • 2003, "Alex Ferrier", Insurance Payout? (on newsgroup uk.rec.motorcycles)

     I'll be watching the **** like a hawk with a Birmingham screwdriver to the ready should I spot anything untoward.

   • 2012, Jonathan Meades, Museum Without Walls, Random House (ISBN 9781908717191)

     Tinkering – the Midlands, especially, had a tradition, killed off by the introduction of the MoT test, of men who built cars called 'specials', bodged with a Birmingham screwdriver from components of other cars.

   • 2014, RJ Smith, Cataclysm, Storyteller Entertainment, LLC (ISBN 9780989675352)

     “I feel like I've been walloped with a Birmingham screwdriver!”