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Re: [Shop-talk] auto shop slang

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Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] auto shop slang
From: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:31:43 -0400 (EDT)
Howdy,

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, Mike Frerichs wrote:
> I've often heard wire cutters referred to as dykes (dikes?).  I'm not 
> even going to hazard a guess as to how that name came about.

To me, dkyes are those pliers that look like side cutters, but still have 
big gripping ends out past the cutting edges.  I think they might normally 
be called 'linesman pliers'?

Mark
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