String trimmer
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A string trimmer, also known by the portmanteau strimmer and the trademarks Weedwacker, Weed Eater and Whipper Snipper, is a garden power tool for cutting grass, small weeds, and groundcover. Instead
A man using a gasoline-powered string trimmer
A bump feed style string trimmer head
A fixed line style string trimmer head
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Weed Eater
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Weed Eater is a string trimmer company founded in 1971 in Houston, Texas by George C. Ballas, Sr., the inventor of the device.
String trimmer
…first trimmer was made by attaching pieces of heavy-duty fishing line to a tin can bolted to an edger. Ballas developed this into what he called the "Weed Eater", since it chewed up the grass and weeds around trees. The word "strimmer" is a trade name of Black+Decker and is a registered trademark in the United…
Weed Eater in Schupen