ext_157225 (
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2008-08-25 06:14 pm (UTC)
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I;d call it a bolt-cutter if I couldn't see one and didn't have a mental image of one - 'cos that's what it is. It's a thing wot cuts bolts.
If I was looking at it, or had a mental image for some reason, then I'd think it was like a pair of scissors, and thus call it a pair of boltcutters.
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If I was looking at it, or had a mental image for some reason, then I'd think it was like a pair of scissors, and thus call it a pair of boltcutters.