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I grew up in California near the bay area calling them weed whackers.

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[-] El_guapazo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Dallas TX. We call it a trimmer. In Spanglish, many people call it a wira which is informal slang to pronounce "weed eater".

[-] Apeman42@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Loud pieces of shit

[-] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Weedeaters, as I believe that was the trade name of the first ones

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