three-pipe problem

English

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.

Noun

three-pipe problem (plural three-pipe problems)

  1. A particularly complex or challenging problem or puzzle.

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