On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 11:48 AM, George Schick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For everyone's info, just so no one gets the wrong idea, "dikes" is an > common slang term used by mechanics and electricians for "diagonal" > pliers or side-cutters. Sometime they're referred to as "a pair of > dikes," as one would "a pair of pliers." I used to use the term all > the time when I worked as a telecom technician 3½ decades ago; these > days I'm more cautious about it. >
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