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The jolly old English language. I had a student from Colorado who was brought up in England. He was calling any wrench in my shop a "spanner," using it as a generic term. I told him that to me, a spanner was a handled wrench with 2 nubbins or tits which spanned a specific distance and engaged with two appropriate holes. He agreed, but insisted that any wrench was a spanner. Therefore, I had a double take on "Wheel Spanner Candleholders." Then, it registered; Mr. Smith was talking about what we in the U.S. call a lug wrench.

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