Chore Boy is a brand name for a coarse scouring pad made of steel wool or bronze wool.[1] It is designed for cleaning very dirty surfaces, especially washing dishes. During the first half of the 20th century, the product was marketed under the name Chore Girl.
Drug paraphernalia
In the American drug-using community, especially in more urban areas, Chore Boy has garnered a rather large market as a makeshift component in do-it-yourself crack cocaine pipes.[2] Utilized in this context, a small wad of the copper wool (the steel variety will not suffice for this purpose) is inserted into the end of a short cylindrical glass tube (sometimes called a "straight shooter") and serves to function as a screen and/or a matrix by which the melting freebase can be thoroughly dispersed across the large surface area of the bronze wool.
References
- ^ Dotz, Warren; Morton, Jim (1996). What a Character! 20th Century American Advertising Icons. Chronicle Books. p. 13. ISBN 0-8118-0936-6.
- ^ DiSalvo, David (12 July 2012). "A Rose In A Glass By Any Other Name Is A Crack Pipe". Forbes. Retrieved 3 December 2015.