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cksmithy

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16. It is an expression

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Fri Jun 17, 2022, 03:57 PM

Jun 2022

we've used when string, grass, hair, anything that get stuck on an axle. I have removed hair that gets caught on my roomba rollers where the axle attaches to the roomba. I used to clean/remove what ever got caught on my kids tricycle back wheels. (Take the cotter pin out and clean the axle.) My husband, a retired journeyman mechanic, has removed highway trash, plastic bags, etc., during the 1970's usually from 4x4 trucks axles, which at that time, the axles had more exposure to debris on the road.

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"Getting wrapped around the axle" Did anyone else notice this phrase in one witnesses' testimony? [View all] CTyankee Jun 2022 OP

I use it too, but I don't know where it came from. Ocelot II Jun 2022 #1

Here: dalton99a Jun 2022 #2

Thank you. You just gave me a new website! How did I not know this one? niyad Jun 2022 #4

Luttig... I loved that line... targetpractice Jun 2022 #3

And let's not forget dancer Isadora Duncan viva la Jun 2022 #5

gmta,,,, exactly. n/t KarenS Jun 2022 #7

I thought about the death of dancer Isadora Duncan when I heard the phrase. sop Jun 2022 #6

I heard it. Cracklin Charlie Jun 2022 #8

Yes, I felt the same way. Very sad... CTyankee Jun 2022 #14

Still hear that phrase all the time in my work. Happy Hoosier Jun 2022 #9

Definitely not a naval term, as examples above show... Wounded Bear Jun 2022 #10

It was a Navy guy, actually a Seabee, who worked at the Pentagon at the time that used it once to CTyankee Jun 2022 #15

Love that expression! Ptah Jun 2022 #11

The Grammarphobia Blog states: zuul Jun 2022 #12

I use the term. Urban dictionary defines it as follows: LuckyCharms Jun 2022 #13

It is an expression cksmithy Jun 2022 #16

wagon and/or automobile term Kali Jun 2022 #17