Nomenclature (was: Crescent wrenches

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Wed Jan 2 14:52:20 2002

On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Chris Kennedy wrote:

> John Allain wrote:
>
> > Old Boss of mine called the larger triangular headed
> > snippers (sim.: Xelite wire cutter) "Dykes". Any word
> > on this... word. Is this a correct term?
>
> Sure -- derived from "diagonal cutters"...

Hooray! We agree.
                                                 - don

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Received on Wed Jan 02 2002 - 14:52:20 GMT

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