At 12:47 PM 10/28/96 -0600, you wrote:
>I believe you mean Vi(s)e Grips, which is actually a brand name, although
>used generically by Americans to mean locking pliers (the adjustable kind),
>much as the term Crescent Wrench (again a brand name) which is used
>generically to refer to a wrench with adjustable jaws (what's the Brit for
>that?).
Adjustable spanner.
Wrenches are called spanners (which can also mean an intelligence challenged
person).
Andrew
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