>I believe you mean Vi(s)e Grips, which is actually a brand name,
>although used generically by Americans to mean locking pliers (the
>adjustable kind), much as the term Crescent Wrench (again a brand
>name) which is used generically to refer to a wrench with adjustable
>jaws (what's the Brit for that?). "Vice" grips are specific
>techniques used in houses of ill-repute.
'Mole' are similarly proprietary self-locking pliers in the UK. The
wrench with adjustable jaws is called ... an adjustable spanner.
'Vice' is the spelling for both engineering tools and houses of
ill-repute. There is a reason for this, it is the word 'tool'.
'A good tool' is sometimes used to describe a car of performance
and/or luxury, and 'tooling around' is driving - or are we back to
houses of ill-repute again?
PaulH
73 Roadster (HD&H)
75 V8 (DD)
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