"shade-tree," adj.

Dave Wilton dave at WILTON.NET
Sat Jun 18 19:35:26 UTC 2005


> >Did this start off as a Texan expression?  The earliest cites I can find
> >on Newspaperarchive are all from Texas papers.
>
> Another apparent Texanism: "shade tree philosopher".

I used to work with a man, born and raised in Arkansas, attended the
University of Texas and called Texas home (he was military and didn't live
there for most of his adult life), who was fond of calling mechanics "Sam
Shadetree." I've never heard anyone else use this particular term.

--Dave Wilton
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