Wordie: Pipeclay: Comments

Comment by reesetee, 4 months ago

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:29:18 +0000

Plastic as in "capable of being molded," I presume. Or were you joking, c_b? :-)

Pipeclaying sounds like a much better way to prepare for work than what I do. I wish I could pipeclay instead.

Comment by Prolagus, 4 months ago

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:49:01 +0000

It sounds like Igpay Atinlay...

Comment by chained_bear, 4 months ago

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:06:56 +0000

Oh yes, I came across this in those O'Brian novels. The marines are always pipeclaying stuff getting ready for inspection on Sundays.

Umm... what's with that second WeirdNet definition? What kind of soil is "plastic when moist"?

Comment by yarb, 4 months ago

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:56:15 +0000

...he had gone out and had a shave, early in the afternoon, and had then come back and spent full forty minutes in pipeclaying his shoes...

- Jerome, Three Men in a Boat