English Explanatory Dictionary

three-pipe problem

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A particularly complex or challenging problem or puzzle.

Word forms

three-pipe problem three-pipe problems

Etymology

From the Sherlock Holmes stories of Arthur Conan Doyle, in which the detective would smoke one or more pipes while pondering the solution to a mystery.

Related words

one-banana problem
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