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Diminutive of crutch. Figuratively speaking is a saying or phrase in which a person leans when speaking, which he regularly repeats in the midst of discourse as a vice of language; something actors or public characters often do as an advertising strategy, so they can be remembered for that hose. It is also the cross or crossbar of the crutch, by extension all handle or small crossbar, as in the T-shaped nails.