Comments on: Where did the term "shoe fly" come from at road repair/construction sites? http://constructionequipment1.com/heavy-construction-equipment/where-did-the-term-shoe-fly-come-from-at-road-repairconstruction-sites Answers to your Construction Equipment Queries Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:43:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: momomo http://constructionequipment1.com/heavy-construction-equipment/where-did-the-term-shoe-fly-come-from-at-road-repairconstruction-sites/comment-page-1#comment-1209 momomo Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:35:59 +0000 http://constructionequipment1.com/heavy-construction-equipment/where-did-the-term-shoe-fly-come-from-at-road-repairconstruction-sites#comment-1209 Try looking it up with the spelling "shoo fly." Apparently hobos used the term to refer to a detour track built around a temporary obstacle, and to avoid passing though a hobo-hostile town. There are also a great many references to the quilt pattern called shoo-fly; the pattern was an indication of safety during the days of the Underground Railroad.<br><b>References : </b><br> Try looking it up with the spelling "shoo fly." Apparently hobos used the term to refer to a detour track built around a temporary obstacle, and to avoid passing though a hobo-hostile town.

There are also a great many references to the quilt pattern called shoo-fly; the pattern was an indication of safety during the days of the Underground Railroad.
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]]> By: Panama Joe http://constructionequipment1.com/heavy-construction-equipment/where-did-the-term-shoe-fly-come-from-at-road-repairconstruction-sites/comment-page-1#comment-1208 Panama Joe Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:12:59 +0000 http://constructionequipment1.com/heavy-construction-equipment/where-did-the-term-shoe-fly-come-from-at-road-repairconstruction-sites#comment-1208 I put 'shoe fly' into the dictionary.reference.com database, and they say that it comes from the railroad industry. Like 'the real McCoy.' http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/shoe+fly<br><b>References : </b><br> I put ’shoe fly’ into the dictionary.reference.com database, and they say that it comes from the railroad industry. Like ‘the real McCoy.’

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