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The sons of the family mechanic talked about "wallering a hole", in the
sense of "to wear and enlarge in an uncontrolled manner" ("the bolt was
loose and wallered out the hole, now it don't fit"), or (with contempt
for shade-tree mechanics) "to intentionally enlarge a hole in an
uncontrolled manner" ("that deleted just wallered out those holes
instead of using a drill bit of the proper size, now nuthin' fits right").

Has anyone else seen this? I'm curious if it was a family invention or
if it's a word of real usage.

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Actually, Tim, 'waller a hole' is a regional dialectic of "wallow a
hole".

And that comes from the noun 'wallow' which is shallow hole (usually in
which animals -typically pigs- like to bathe for fun or profit.

So, to "wallow a hole" means to just dig one out irregularly, as would a
pig trying to make a bathing hole.

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Has anyone else seen this? I'm curious if it was a family invention or
if it's a word of real usage.


Actually, Tim, 'waller a hole' is a regional dialectic of "wallow a
hole".

And that comes from the noun 'wallow' which is shallow hole (usually in
which animals -typically pigs- like to bathe for fun or profit.

So, to "wallow a hole" means to just dig one out irregularly, as would a
pig trying to make a bathing hole.

LLoyd


I had considered the "wallow" connection but didn't make the mental leap
from there to "make a hole as if you're a pig".

It makes perfect sense. And the folks in question would definitely turn
"wallow" into "waller" -- I just didn't want to inaccurize the word by
trying to "clean it up".

So -- do you know anyone else that uses the term?

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On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 12:34:12 -0600, Tim Wescott
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The sons of the family mechanic talked about "wallering a hole", in the
sense of "to wear and enlarge in an uncontrolled manner" ("the bolt was
loose and wallered out the hole, now it don't fit"), or (with contempt
for shade-tree mechanics) "to intentionally enlarge a hole in an
uncontrolled manner" ("that deleted just wallered out those holes
instead of using a drill bit of the proper size, now nuthin' fits right").

Has anyone else seen this? I'm curious if it was a family invention or
if it's a word of real usage.

Don't know the exact etymology but I've heard it often enough. I
imagine it comes from "wallow", like wallowing around in a mud hole.
And because mud holes are rarely round they must be "wallered, er,
wallowed, out".
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Has anyone else seen this? I'm curious if it was a family invention
or if it's a word of real usage.


Actually, Tim, 'waller a hole' is a regional dialectic of "wallow a
hole".

And that comes from the noun 'wallow' which is shallow hole (usually
in which animals -typically pigs- like to bathe for fun or profit.

So, to "wallow a hole" means to just dig one out irregularly, as
would a pig trying to make a bathing hole.

LLoyd


Actually Lloyd , the term "waller a hole out" is in common usage both in
the northern Utahaha area where I grew up and in west Tennessee where we've
lived the last 30 years or so , also in the southern Ozarks where I now live
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So -- do you know anyone else that uses the term?


Pretty much everywhere in the deep South, you'll hear it used. And
although the Mason-Dixon line might disagree, I'd include 'deep South' to
mean just about anything south of southern Ohio on down.

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Actually Lloyd , the term "waller a hole out" is in common usage
both in
the northern Utahaha area where I grew up and in west Tennessee where
we've lived the last 30 years or so , also in the southern Ozarks
where I now live


How does that disagree with what I said. "Regional" can cover a lot of
regions.

If someone has any sort of drawl, they're likely to 1) come from a region
where most folks have one, too, and 2) are likely to use that term
instead of "wallow".

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Actually Lloyd , the term "waller a hole out" is in common usage
both in
the northern Utahaha area where I grew up and in west Tennessee where
we've lived the last 30 years or so , also in the southern Ozarks
where I now live


How does that disagree with what I said. "Regional" can cover a lot
of regions.

If someone has any sort of drawl, they're likely to 1) come from a
region where most folks have one, too, and 2) are likely to use that
term instead of "wallow".

LLoyd


Ah , but Utahaha is famous for it's "neutral" accent . And yet ... I'd
guess dialectic oddities can be spread out over a number of geographic
locales , depends on just where the "settlers" in a particular region came
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Straying a little from waller....not born here but been in GA many, many years. Two terms my northern transplant friends enjoy pointing out are use of "fixing" and "mash". One meaning someone who had been made fun of for their drawl might be "fixin'" to apply a severe thrashing and the other refers to pushing the accelerator or selecting a floor on the elevator menu.....mash the gas or mash the button. I know of two guys, one from Kentucky and the other from West Virginia....both use "postes" and "colyums" when talking about the plural of a wood post and columns.
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Straying a little from waller....not born here but been in GA many,
many years. Two terms my northern transplant friends enjoy pointing
out are use of "fixing" and "mash". One meaning someone who had been
made fun of for their drawl might be "fixin'" to apply a severe
thrashing and the other refers to pushing the accelerator or selecting
a floor on the elevator menu.....mash the gas or mash the button. I
know of two guys, one from Kentucky and the other from West
Virginia....both use "postes" and "colyums" when talking about the
plural of a wood post and columns.

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On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 12:34:12 -0600, Tim Wescott
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The sons of the family mechanic talked about "wallering a hole", in the
sense of "to wear and enlarge in an uncontrolled manner" ("the bolt was
loose and wallered out the hole, now it don't fit"), or (with contempt
for shade-tree mechanics) "to intentionally enlarge a hole in an
uncontrolled manner" ("that deleted just wallered out those holes
instead of using a drill bit of the proper size, now nuthin' fits right").

Has anyone else seen this? I'm curious if it was a family invention or
if it's a word of real usage.


I think it may be a universal term. I know it was commonly used by
USAF aircraft sheetmetal men on several bases in several countries :-)

Commonly used when one drilled several rivet holes and after driving
the first rivet discovered that the holes didn't perfectly line up and
you can't get the remaining rivets in the holes, so you waller the
holes out a bit.
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So -- do you know anyone else that uses the term?


Pretty much everywhere in the deep South, you'll hear it used. And
although the Mason-Dixon line might disagree, I'd include 'deep South' to
mean just about anything south of southern Ohio on down.


I've heard it often enough in Indianapolis to know what it means. So it's not just the South.
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On 2014-01-29, Tim Wescott wrote:
The sons of the family mechanic talked about "wallering a hole", in the
sense of "to wear and enlarge in an uncontrolled manner" ("the bolt was
loose and wallered out the hole, now it don't fit"), or (with contempt
for shade-tree mechanics) "to intentionally enlarge a hole in an
uncontrolled manner" ("that deleted just wallered out those holes
instead of using a drill bit of the proper size, now nuthin' fits right").

Has anyone else seen this? I'm curious if it was a family invention or
if it's a word of real usage.


I've heard it -- though usually pronounced as "wallowed" rather
than "wallered". And I usually interpret it as tilting an electric
drill in various directions while running so the hole is made a little
larger.

The pronunciation is likely influenced by regional artifacts. :-)

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replying to Tim Wescott , Ryan O. wrote:
tim wrote:

The sons of the family mechanic talked about "wallering a hole", in the
sense of "to wear and enlarge in an uncontrolled manner" ("the bolt was
loose and wallered out the hole, now it don't fit"), or (with contempt
for shade-tree mechanics) "to intentionally enlarge a hole in an
uncontrolled manner" ("that deleted just wallered out those holes
instead of using a drill bit of the proper size, now nuthin' fits right").
Has anyone else seen this? I'm curious if it was a family invention or
if it's a word of real usage.
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I have heard the term "wallered out" quite a bit. I am an ASE certified
mechanic of 11 years and I have a degree in Automotive Technology (so not
shade tree lol). I refrain from using it because I do not want to sound
like a redneck. I think it might be more of a dialect-related slang than
an actual word. Here in Missouri, people know what it means. I used it
recently: "Your door latch mechanism has become wallered out. This is
causing too much free play in the latch when the door is closed..."

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The sons of the family mechanic talked about "wallering a hole", in
the sense of "to wear and enlarge in an uncontrolled manner" ("the
bolt was loose and wallered out the hole, now it don't fit"), or (with
contempt for shade-tree mechanics) "to intentionally enlarge a hole in
an uncontrolled manner" ("that deleted just wallered out those holes
instead of using a drill bit of the proper size, now nuthin' fits
right"). Has anyone else seen this? I'm curious if it was a family
invention or if it's a word of real usage. -- Tim Wescott Wescott
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I have heard the term "wallered out" quite a bit. I am an ASE certified
mechanic of 11 years and I have a degree in Automotive Technology (so not
shade tree lol). I refrain from using it because I do not want to sound
like a redneck. I think it might be more of a dialect-related slang than
an actual word. Here in Missouri, people know what it means. I used it
recently: "Your door latch mechanism has become wallered out. This is
causing too much free play in the latch when the door is closed..."


It is also known in the High Plains region, anyway; I'd guess most all
of the farm country would be reasonably common but that's only from
having been familiar to me since childhood on a farm in SW KS.
Certainly then was also known in E TN while were there.

I have always presumed it's a *******ization/colloquialism derived from
_wallow_

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wallow

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replying to Tim Wescott , Ryan O. wrote:
tim wrote:

The sons of the family mechanic talked about "wallering a hole", in the
sense of "to wear and enlarge in an uncontrolled manner" ("the bolt was
loose and wallered out the hole, now it don't fit"), or (with contempt
for shade-tree mechanics) "to intentionally enlarge a hole in an
uncontrolled manner" ("that deleted just wallered out those holes
instead of using a drill bit of the proper size, now nuthin' fits right").
Has anyone else seen this? I'm curious if it was a family invention or
if it's a word of real usage.
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I have heard the term "wallered out" quite a bit. I am an ASE certified
mechanic of 11 years and I have a degree in Automotive Technology (so not
shade tree lol). I refrain from using it because I do not want to sound
like a redneck. I think it might be more of a dialect-related slang than
an actual word. Here in Missouri, people know what it means. I used it
recently: "Your door latch mechanism has become wallered out. This is
causing too much free play in the latch when the door is closed..."



Its very common. Its "southern" for: "wallowed" out..which is actually
a very clear and concise discription of how the hole was made
larger....

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/wallowed

- an indolent or clumsy rolling aboutwallow - an indolent or clumsy
rolling about;

axial motion, axial rotation, roll - rotary motion of an object around
its own axis; "wheels in axial rotation"

One wallows out a hole with drill bit to make it larger than the drill
diameter, Post holes, leather pants belt holes etc etc.

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The sons of the family mechanic talked about "wallering a hole", in the
sense of "to wear and enlarge in an uncontrolled manner" ("the bolt was
loose and wallered out the hole, now it don't fit"), or (with contempt
for shade-tree mechanics) "to intentionally enlarge a hole in an
uncontrolled manner" ("that deleted just wallered out those holes
instead of using a drill bit of the proper size, now nuthin' fits right").
Has anyone else seen this? I'm curious if it was a family invention or
if it's a word of real usage.
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I grew up in Northern Illinois and have lived in various northern places
in the US. We always used the term, wallered, to talk about what happen
when you have enlarged a hole, like for a bold that uses an allen wrench,
that has become worn with usage and the allen wrench slips. Same thing for
Phillips head screw and to a lesser extent, slot head screws.

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tim wrote:

The sons of the family mechanic talked about "wallering a hole", in the
sense of "to wear and enlarge in an uncontrolled manner" ("the bolt was
loose and wallered out the hole, now it don't fit"), or (with contempt
for shade-tree mechanics) "to intentionally enlarge a hole in an
uncontrolled manner" ("that deleted just wallered out those holes
instead of using a drill bit of the proper size, now nuthin' fits right").
Has anyone else seen this? I'm curious if it was a family invention or
if it's a word of real usage.
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I grew up in Northern Illinois and have lived in various northern places
in the US. We always used the term, wallered, to talk about what happen
when you have enlarged a hole, like for a bold that uses an allen wrench,
that has become worn with usage and the allen wrench slips. Same thing for
Phillips head screw and to a lesser extent, slot head screws.


It was a common term when I was in the Air Force, the sheetmetal guys
used to say things like "just waller out the hole till it fits",
meaning to twist the drill around to make it cut a larger hole.

I always assumed that it was a corruption of the word "wallow" which
can mean "an indolent or clumsy rolling about".
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On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 16:18:02 +0000, Bike Rider
m wrote:

replying to Tim Wescott , Bike Rider wrote:
tim wrote:

The sons of the family mechanic talked about "wallering a hole", in the
sense of "to wear and enlarge in an uncontrolled manner" ("the bolt was
loose and wallered out the hole, now it don't fit"), or (with contempt
for shade-tree mechanics) "to intentionally enlarge a hole in an
uncontrolled manner" ("that deleted just wallered out those holes
instead of using a drill bit of the proper size, now nuthin' fits right").
Has anyone else seen this? I'm curious if it was a family invention or
if it's a word of real usage.
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I grew up in Northern Illinois and have lived in various northern places
in the US. We always used the term, wallered, to talk about what happen
when you have enlarged a hole, like for a bold that uses an allen wrench,
that has become worn with usage and the allen wrench slips. Same thing for
Phillips head screw and to a lesser extent, slot head screws.


It was a common term when I was in the Air Force, the sheetmetal guys
used to say things like "just waller out the hole till it fits",
meaning to twist the drill around to make it cut a larger hole.

I always assumed that it was a corruption of the word "wallow" which
can mean "an indolent or clumsy rolling about".


Definitely from the word "wallow".

A hog wallow or a hippo wallow are both sloppy holes, enlarged by
"wallerin" around"
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I'm with JohnB on this one.

Wallow as a noun:
a puddle where animals go to wallow
an indolent or clumsy rolling about
roary motion of an object around its own axis wallow a hole
a puddle of mud

As verbs:
devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate
degree, usally with pleasure

roll around, "Pigs were wallowing in the mud"
rise up as in waves
be ecstatic with joy
delight greatly in

Martin - from the Visual Thesaurus:wallow



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On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 16:18:02 +0000, Bike Rider
wrote:

replying to Tim Wescott , Bike Rider wrote:
tim wrote:

The sons of the family mechanic talked about "wallering a hole", in the
sense of "to wear and enlarge in an uncontrolled manner" ("the bolt was
loose and wallered out the hole, now it don't fit"), or (with contempt
for shade-tree mechanics) "to intentionally enlarge a hole in an
uncontrolled manner" ("that deleted just wallered out those holes
instead of using a drill bit of the proper size, now nuthin' fits right").
Has anyone else seen this? I'm curious if it was a family invention or
if it's a word of real usage.
--
Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
http://www.wescottdesign.com



I grew up in Northern Illinois and have lived in various northern places
in the US. We always used the term, wallered, to talk about what happen
when you have enlarged a hole, like for a bold that uses an allen wrench,
that has become worn with usage and the allen wrench slips. Same thing for
Phillips head screw and to a lesser extent, slot head screws.


It was a common term when I was in the Air Force, the sheetmetal guys
used to say things like "just waller out the hole till it fits",
meaning to twist the drill around to make it cut a larger hole.

I always assumed that it was a corruption of the word "wallow" which
can mean "an indolent or clumsy rolling about".
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On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 16:18:02 +0000, Bike Rider
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replying to Tim Wescott , Bike Rider wrote:
tim wrote:

The sons of the family mechanic talked about "wallering a hole", in the
sense of "to wear and enlarge in an uncontrolled manner" ("the bolt was
loose and wallered out the hole, now it don't fit"), or (with contempt
for shade-tree mechanics) "to intentionally enlarge a hole in an
uncontrolled manner" ("that deleted just wallered out those holes
instead of using a drill bit of the proper size, now nuthin' fits right").
Has anyone else seen this? I'm curious if it was a family invention or
if it's a word of real usage.
--
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Wescott Design Services
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I grew up in Northern Illinois and have lived in various northern places
in the US. We always used the term, wallered, to talk about what happen
when you have enlarged a hole, like for a bold that uses an allen wrench,
that has become worn with usage and the allen wrench slips. Same thing for
Phillips head screw and to a lesser extent, slot head screws.


It was a common term when I was in the Air Force, the sheetmetal guys
used to say things like "just waller out the hole till it fits",
meaning to twist the drill around to make it cut a larger hole.

I always assumed that it was a corruption of the word "wallow" which
can mean "an indolent or clumsy rolling about".


It also means a rough hole. IE buffalo wallows etc etc
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gummer arsch has wallered his own hole quite a lot the last few years.

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I'm with JohnB on this one.
Wallow as a noun:
a puddle where animals go to wallow
an indolent or clumsy rolling about
roary motion of an object around its own axis wallow a hole
a puddle of mud
As verbs:
devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate
degree, usally with pleasure
roll around, "Pigs were wallowing in the mud"
rise up as in waves
be ecstatic with joy
delight greatly in
Martin - from the Visual Thesaurus:wallow




Alice in Chains song Sea of Sorrow has the following lyrics in the chorus:

"I live tomorrow, you'll not follow
As you wallow in a sea of sorrow"

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On 1/29/2014 10:34 AM, Tim Wescott wrote:
The sons of the family mechanic talked about "wallering a hole" [...]


gummer arsch has wallered his own hole quite a lot the last few years.


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replying to Tim Wescott, Nickolas Crosby wrote:
Checking in a few years later, but just searched this out when someone poked
fun at me saying "wallered out" at work. I'm in Northern Utah and everyone
that works construction/fabrication/hotrodshops, etc... all use wallered, not
wallowed.
Reaming out is commonly used for drilling a hole to a larger size, wallered is
for when you really wiggle the drill around to work out the angles like some
sort of savage.

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On 08/08/2016 2:18 PM, Nickolas Crosby wrote:
replying to Tim Wescott, Nickolas Crosby wrote:
Checking in a few years later, but just searched this out when someone
poked fun at me saying "wallered out" at work. ...


And a very good word it is, too!

Here we have the remnants of buffalo wallers in native grass that hasn't
been broken out (plowed) as another use of the term.

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replying to Tim Wescott, Garth wrote:
So Ive been trying to figure up why the 20 somethings dont know what
waller means in Texas. Which leads to ream, gape, and my own word inbiggin.
Using the same or bigger paddle bit makes an irregular hole in wood which
doesnt match my definition of ream. I use a #40 reamer to match drill #41
holes in aluminum which ends up with far cleaner holes and less burrs than
using a 40 drill bit. I also use ream to refer to removing burrs in copper and
plastic pipe cuts. Sort of sad not to find waller in the dictionary...

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On Thu, 19 Apr 2018 03:18:02 GMT, Garth
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replying to Tim Wescott, Garth wrote:
So Ive been trying to figure up why the 20 somethings dont know what
waller means in Texas. Which leads to ream, gape, and my own word inbiggin.
Using the same or bigger paddle bit makes an irregular hole in wood which
doesnt match my definition of ream. I use a #40 reamer to match drill #41
holes in aluminum which ends up with far cleaner holes and less burrs than
using a 40 drill bit. I also use ream to refer to removing burrs in copper and
plastic pipe cuts. Sort of sad not to find waller in the dictionary...


I'm sure you'll find it in the Redneck's Dicshunary.
"Wallow" is in the rest.

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On Thu, 19 Apr 2018 08:17:40 -0700
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I'm sure you'll find it in the Redneck's Dicshunary.
"Wallow" is in the rest.


Read through some of these defs:

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Waller

More than one way to 'waller' a hole it seems ;-)

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On Thu, 19 Apr 2018 13:22:22 -0400, Leon Fisk
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On Thu, 19 Apr 2018 08:17:40 -0700
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I'm sure you'll find it in the Redneck's Dicshunary.
"Wallow" is in the rest.


Read through some of these defs:

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Waller

More than one way to 'waller' a hole it seems ;-)


The UD is a hoot, isn't it? I've used it mostly to find out what all
the SJW terms meant.

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replying to Tim Wescott, Wizkid wrote:
In Texas we use €śwaller€ť out a hole to refer to tweaking the size of a
too-small hole to make it €śjust right€ť (slightly, but immeasurably
bigger). I have an English degree but am not too snobby to use a
colloquialism when it is fitting and succinct.

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On 2018-10-13, Wizkid wrote:
replying to Tim Wescott, Wizkid wrote:
In Texas we use €śwaller€ť out a hole to refer to tweaking the size of a
too-small hole to make it €śjust right€ť (slightly, but immeasurably
bigger). I have an English degree but am not too snobby to use a
colloquialism when it is fitting and succinct.


How old is this thread? I seem to remember it popping up
several times in the last few years.

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replying to DoN. Nichols, Murgatroy wrote:
im tryig to get a hole in my countertop enlarged for a new Faucet handle I
purchased as a replacement. The new one is too large to fit through the holes
for the cold and hot stems. The plumber in North Arkansas says he can use a
Dremel tool to wallow out the holes to make the new stems fit. This term was
used infrequently in my life to mean exactly that in such circumstances

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On 9/6/2019 10:18 AM, Murgatroy wrote:
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im tryig to get a hole in my countertop enlarged for a new Faucet
handle I
purchased as a replacement. The new one is too large to fit through
the holes
for the cold and hot stems.Â* The plumber in North Arkansas says he can
use a
Dremel tool to wallow out the holes to make the new stems fit. ThisÂ*
term was
used infrequently in my life to mean exactly that in such circumstances


Â* You realize of course that in north Arkansas every CountryBubba(c)
with a pickup and a skilsaw considers himself a handyman ... "plumbers"
also own a pipe wrench . Guess where I live ? Hint : it ain't Texas .

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replying to DoN. Nichols, Murgatroy wrote:
im tryig to get a hole in my countertop enlarged for a new Faucet
handle I
purchased as a replacement. The new one is too large to fit through
the holes
for the cold and hot stems. The plumber in North Arkansas says he
can use a
Dremel tool to wallow out the holes to make the new stems fit. This
term was
used infrequently in my life to mean exactly that in such
circumstances

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As a kid, when staying with relatives in rural Georgia I was assigned
farm chores. The depression the hogs dug in their pen was a "waller".




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On Fri, 6 Sep 2019 11:40:01 -0500, Terry Coombs
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On 9/6/2019 10:18 AM, Murgatroy wrote:
replying to DoN. Nichols, Murgatroy wrote:
im tryig to get a hole in my countertop enlarged for a new Faucet
handle I
purchased as a replacement. The new one is too large to fit through
the holes
for the cold and hot stems.* The plumber in North Arkansas says he can
use a
Dremel tool to wallow out the holes to make the new stems fit. This*
term was
used infrequently in my life to mean exactly that in such circumstances


* You realize of course that in north Arkansas every CountryBubba(c)
with a pickup and a skilsaw considers himself a handyman ... "plumbers"
also own a pipe wrench . Guess where I live ? Hint : it ain't Texas .

And Electricians have a hammer and screwdriver!
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