Latz
English translation: fly
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| 12:04 Mar 5, 2006 |
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|  Selected response from: jerrie United Kingdom Local time: 10:06 | ||||||
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| 3 +2 | fly |
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| 4 | flap |
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| 4 -1 | bib |
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peer agreement (net): -1
peer agreement (net): -1bib Explanation: * |
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flap Explanation: is what I remember calling this many years ago |
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7 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2fly Explanation: Translation of the sentence you are working on contained on this web page - flap-fly, maybe ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 9 mins (2006-03-05 12:14:10 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- During the 1850s the snap was designed as we know it today. A German firm invented a snap fastener with a double S spring made from bronze wire in the late 1800s. The early snaps were not reliable nor rustproof. By the early 1890s they began to sprout by the hundreds, as many brands as hooks and eyes and more often than not by the same manufacturer. Adjustable heavy metal snaps called mechanics buttons were popular for men’s work pants in the early 1900s as they still are today although most are now gripper style. The European history started in Germany. The "Federknopf-Verschluss" is meant to create an easier way of closing and opening the fly of men's trousers. The above statement is part of the patents text in the : "Patentschrift No. 32496 des Kaiserlichen Patentamts" Information/Closure/Snap History -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 38 mins (2006-03-05 12:42:39 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- It would appear that the 'fall-front trouser' came before the button-fly (lots of links for 1855 - button-fly) http://www.vintagetextile.com/early.htm Reference: http://www.winter-fashion.info/ |
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