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Re: ?dibble?

To: british-cars@autox.team.net (SOL)
Subject: Re: ?dibble?
From: tjhiggin@chris.iss.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 00 9:57:13 CDT
The online dictionary http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm also lists 
dibble as a transitive verb with 2 meanings:  1. to plant with a 
dibble.  2. to make holes in (soil) with or as if with a dibble.
-- 
T.J. Higgins
tjhiggin@ingr.com
Huntsville, AL

> I agree and my dictionary confirms that a dibble is a garden tool. In what
> context was dibble used in the auto-related reference?
> 
> jack fishback
> 
> ARoman4047@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > Gentlepersons-
> >                        ...friend of mine came across the word "dibble" in an
> > auto-related ref-
> > erence. I said I "thought" a dibble was a garden tool for planting bulbs
> > (Burpee not Lu-
> > cas type). Any ideas?
> > Tony in NJ
> > W.A.S.T.E.


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