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pipe in

verb
  1. To supply (a product or substance) via pipes. (transitive)
  2. To continuously supply anything from an external source. (transitive) · Soulless music was piped in through the speakers in the room.
  3. To interrupt a conversation with a comment. (informal, intransitive)
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Alec was smoking a pipe in his dressing-gown.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 34 · B2
He neither rode nor shot, but spent his days in wandering round the old village with his pipe in his mouth, or in driving with his host, or in his absence with his hostess, over the beautiful countryside.
The Valley of Fear, p. 25 · C1

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