Birmingham screwdriver
English
Etymology
Humorously suggesting that people from Birmingham rely on the use of force to solve problems.
Noun
Birmingham screwdriver (plural Birmingham screwdrivers)
- (Britain, slang) A hammer.
- 2003, "Alex Ferrier", Insurance Payout? (on newsgroup uk.rec.motorcycles)
- I'll be watching the fucker like a hawk with a Birmingham screwdriver to the ready should I spot anything untoward.
- 2012, Jonathan Meades, Museum Without Walls, Random House →ISBN
- Tinkering – the Midlands, especially, had a tradition, killed off by the introduction of the MoT test, of men who built cars called 'specials', bodged with a Birmingham screwdriver from components of other cars.
- 2014, RJ Smith, Cataclysm, Storyteller Entertainment, LLC →ISBN
- “I feel like I've been walloped with a Birmingham screwdriver!”
- 2003, "Alex Ferrier", Insurance Payout? (on newsgroup uk.rec.motorcycles)
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