Fluther: What is this lawn care implement called?

What is this lawn care implement called?

) August 14th, 2012
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It’s used for edging lawns and trimming weeds, it has a cord that whirls around. whats the american word for this? thank you

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A weedeater or string timmer.

Adirondackwannabe (36713

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Also called a weed whacker.

Kardamom (33297

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We call it a weed whacker.

LuckyGuy (43696

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Thank you ! I knew it had a name I just couldn’t think of it! I am posting for one on cl and want to call it the right thing—people might not know what a whippersnipper is lol

trailsillustrated (16799

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A whippersnipper sounds like a high speed vasectomy machine.

Adirondackwannabe (36713

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I only just recently learned, courtesy of an Australian Flutherite, that what we refer to in the U.S. as a “week whacker” is, at least in Australia, called a “whippersnipper.” I like both terms. “Weed whacker” has alliteration and “whippersnipper” rhymes and both are kind of fun to say.

I could go either way on it.

lillycoyote (24865

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@lillycoyote, exactly. I knew there was a name for it here but could not think of it!

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