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Chris -- 2018-04-11
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I may have thought it was a “backhole” too, the first time I heard of such a machine.
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/pho … 5535mylgLf
John Deere Tractor Backhole Loader
http://eugene.craigslist.org/grd/1226315446.html
NICE 2006 KUBOTA TRACTOR L3430,GST,35 HP.LOADER,BACKHOLE, – $18900
Reply to: sale-hsqfn-1226315446@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
Date: 2009-06-17, 11:22AM PDT
backhole model BH90,12 and 24” buckets,backhole used maybe 50 hours 541-826-6745 medford area
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Hole in one! Excellent find Richard! It makes great sense.
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Oh, and, welcome!
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
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An astoundingly common eggcorn. Nothing like a pair of fresh eyes to notice the obvious.
Several companies doing backhoe work advertise themselves as XXX Backhole Company and XXX Backhole Services. Is “backhole” so established in everyday speech that the customers of these companies can’t point them to the correct term?
Last edited by kem (2009-06-19 21:45:54)
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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