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lefty loosey, righty tighty
phr. a mnemonic used to recall the direction a spanner must turn to either tighten on loosen a bolt.
Usage examples of "lefty loosey, righty tighty".
Panic tried to jump up into her throat, and then she suddenly remembered the rusty old pickup truck Bill Dunn drove on his caretaking rounds, and the joke sticker on the back bumper: LEFTY LOOSEY, RIGHTY TIGHTY, it said.