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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: whence jury-rigging? #24353 03/23/2001 5:45 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 428 Cape Cod, MA, US Flatlander addict Flatlander addict Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 428 Cape Cod, MA, US Anyone know what a "deadman" is in construction parlance? Answer will follow. A "deadman" is a temporary post or column used to hold up a ceiling or roof while the walls are built/repaired, presumably because a dead man could do the job. I like it because it's such a morbid word for such a simple thing. Flatlander Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted whence jury-rigging? garynamy 03/22/2001 8:11 PM Re: whence jury-rigging? tsuwm 03/22/2001 8:18 PM Re: whence jury-rigging? Hyla 03/22/2001 8:20 PM Re: whence jury-rigging? wwh 03/22/2001 8:23 PM Re: whence jury-rigging? rodward 03/23/2001 12:01 PM Re : Jury-rig & Jerry -built wow 03/23/2001 1:16 PM Re: Re : Jury-rig & Jerry -built Jackie 03/23/2001 1:31 PM Re: Re : Jury-rig & Jerry -built wwh 03/23/2001 1:44 PM Gerry inselpeter 03/23/2001 1:50 PM ERP inselpeter 03/24/2001 4:22 AM Re: Re : Jury-rig & Jerry -built Capital Kiwi 03/24/2001 7:46 AM Re: Re : Jury-rig & Jerry -built inselpeter 03/24/2001 3:47 PM Re: Jerry-Kraut Dirty Irish? BeingCJ 03/26/2001 10:41 PM Re: whence jury-rigging? Flatlander 03/23/2001 2:16 PM Re: dead men wow 03/23/2001 2:27 PM deadman Sparteye 03/23/2001 2:31 PM Re: deadman maverick 03/23/2001 2:46 PM Re: whence jury-rigging? Bean 03/23/2001 3:56 PM Re: whence jury-rigging? tsuwm 03/23/2001 4:01 PM Re: whence jury-rigging? inselpeter 03/23/2001 4:16 PM Re: whence jury-rigging? Flatlander 03/23/2001 5:45 PM Re: dead man wow 03/23/2001 8:14 PM Deadman Hyla 03/26/2001 11:02 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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