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The origins of standard shape names
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<blockquote data-quote="Doc Manhattan" data-source="post: 147122" data-attributes="member: 341"><p>I recall reading that "poker" springs from the ability to rest the pipe on a flat surface when clenching or holding are not practical, esp. at the card table. (This would make the poker pipe the second convenience item with this etymology, the first, more famous, being the Sandwich.)</p><p></p><p>I suspect, but definitely don't know, that author is a similar name--a pipe named for its convenience for clenching whilst hacking away with pen or typewriter.</p><p></p><p>Oom Paul is a definite eponym. Lovat, Prince of Wales, and Duke are sorts of eponym--which Prince, Duke or Lord Lovat, I cannot say.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doc Manhattan, post: 147122, member: 341"] I recall reading that "poker" springs from the ability to rest the pipe on a flat surface when clenching or holding are not practical, esp. at the card table. (This would make the poker pipe the second convenience item with this etymology, the first, more famous, being the Sandwich.) I suspect, but definitely don't know, that author is a similar name--a pipe named for its convenience for clenching whilst hacking away with pen or typewriter. Oom Paul is a definite eponym. Lovat, Prince of Wales, and Duke are sorts of eponym--which Prince, Duke or Lord Lovat, I cannot say. [/QUOTE]
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