I have been pretty heavily associated with the construction industry for a good while and today, I heard a term that I have never heard in my life.

What I call a "sharpshooter" shovel is referred to as a "Bill Dookie" in some parts of the country. Have any of you ever heard this term before?

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Posted by Ed Osteen

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Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:02 pm to Spankum

I've always understood it as taking a shite on an orphan, but I'm old school

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Posted by burdman

Louisiana

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Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:02 pm to Spankum

Sounds like diarrhea

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Posted by LSUAlum2001

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Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:02 pm to Spankum

Must be northerner moron slang.

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Posted by StickD

Houston

Member since Apr 2010

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Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:04 pm to Spankum

That's some bull donkie, let's call a spade a spade.

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Posted by BIGFOOD

Member since Jun 2011

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Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:06 pm to Spankum

always heard it called a sharpshooter or drain spade around the job sites. I kind of like ol' Bill Dookie better

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Posted by tonydtigr

Beautiful Downtown Glenn Springs,Tx

Member since Nov 2011

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Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:06 pm to Spankum

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This shovel is from the Spade family and the universal name is the Sharpshooter. This is my go-to name when the guys do not know what a Bill Dookie is. The name Bill Dookie was used for this shovel by plumbers for the obvious reason, to dig Dookie ditches.

From the modern day redneck blogspot.

Sounds like a shitty name to me. The shovel and the blogspot.

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Posted by Jim Rockford

Member since May 2011

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Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:12 pm to Spankum

It's a Rusty Trombone in reverse.

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