on 11/8/2008 2:39 PM dpb said the following:
Tim wrote:
on a regular outdoor water (hose) spicket...

That would be "sigot".
...or spigot, in the US.

A couple ones I've tried have oddly shaped stem washers that couldn't
find direct replacements for.

But, old-style packing still works.

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