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Re: "BLOWLAMP"

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Although a blowtorch, in my mind, is a big rig with gas tanks, while a blowlamp implies a handheld device

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Feb 29 · 6 months ago

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📷 sjlxndr [OP] · Feb 29 at 22:36:

that makes sense, but I've always included both under "blowtorch" as "blowlamp" has never been in my vocabulary 😅

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BLOWLAMP — for what it's worth, while it's in the Merriam Webster, BLOWLAMP is very much a British usage and never heard in the US. We call that a blowtorch

💬 sjlxndr · 5 comments · Feb 25 · 6 months ago