French Mystery Tool

French Mystery Tool

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12 April 2019 at 21:38 #404814
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It's a wimwam straightener, for further info go to **LINK** and scroll down to the bottom. You'll be no wiser, but it's quite amusing
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13 April 2019 at 09:01 #404851
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Duncan Not a lot different from Lancashire. But I always heard snicket in Yorkshire for ginnel in Lancashire

When I was a lad 1930s /40s you got different words on opposite sides of the road

pit workers and mill workers used different words as well but we all understood each other

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