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Knapping is the ancient art of making tools from flint and a flint knapper practises the art. Not really applicable here though, is it?
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lol! That usage I have heard of. Now that you remind me. I have absolutely no idea of what it might mean as a slang term though.
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I'm guessing, because they are 'flappy', he means nappies. I'm thinking he's talking about a droopy, soggy diaper. Would make sense to chuck them in some kind of bin, wheelie or otherwise.
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Wheelie bin: don't know if you use that term or call them something else.
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"garbage can with wheels"
we have them, they are so ubiquitous as to just be called garbage cans.
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I call it a wheelie bin. No-one's done a double-take yet.
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Ya, trash can. But I like wheelie bin.
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They might be humoring you.
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most likely.
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"At sixes and sevens" is hardly a Brit-ism.
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Yes, it is. Although it is often adopted by theater fops wanting to appear more sophisticted, like so many other Brit phrases.
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This showed up in my vanity search. In fact, I am named after the flint that you refer to here.
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It's Flint's first name, I believe. This is America.
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