"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote in
. 3.70:

Ed Huntress fired this volley in
:

Now, I thought I knew what a "putz" was, and I know what "meister"
means, but I can't believe the two of them were put together to form a
company name.

I hope that someone familiar with German can explain this.


I have only a smattering of German from back in the 80s, but "Putz" means
"Put".

It means nothing of the sort. The German word meaning "to put" is "stecken".

"Putzen" means "to clean".