In article ,
"Leo Lichtman" wrote:

[...]

295 is a corrugated fastener--they were driven into the end grain of wooden
boards to hold them together. A very common use was on the end boards of
wooden produce boxes. These used to be called by a politically incorrect,
offensive name

"liberals"? (:

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