Extract from the latest post on my blog:
> Huffling: offering to help with lock working in the expectation of
> a small reward. Normally innocuous, but can sometimes become
> threatening.
and Mr Millin's comment thereon:
> Huffler? I always thought that the trad name for someone who helped
> you through locks was a 'hobbler'..........or am I wrong? Or is
> 'huffler' a modern term for someone who does it with possible
> malicious intent?
He might be right, you know (it has been known). If he is, where did
I get "huffler" from?
All the best
Bruce
"The superior man knows what is right, the inferior man knows what
will sell" Analects of Confucius, circa 500 BCE
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