whipper snipper
A whipper snipper is the Australian and Canadian name for the lawn tool known elsewhere as a string trimmer or strimmer — that buzzing, spinning-line device for cutting grass along edges and awkward patches.
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A whipper snipper is the Australian and Canadian name for the lawn tool known elsewhere as a string trimmer or strimmer — that buzzing, spinning-line device for cutting grass along edges and awkward patches. The name is brilliantly onomatopoeic: it really does whip and snip. Australians especially have a gift for this kind of vivid, punchy naming.
The edges of the yard look terrible — grab the whipper snipper and sort it out before they arrive.
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(Australia, Canada) A string trimmer; a strimmer.
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