• wiccan2@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    Duck tape is perfectly correct, it was the original name given to the tape with it only being used for duct work much later on.

    From The Wikipedia article:

    “Duck tape” is recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary as having been in use since 1899[2] and “duct tape” (described as “perhaps an alteration of earlier duck tape”) since 1965.[3]

    It was originally used for making shoes stronger and was later used for sealing ammo tins.