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Ten foot is an expression used in a certain part of UK . First one to guess what a ten foot is gets 10 points?

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  1. 10 foot is about 305 centimeters.

    1 metre = 3.28 feet.


  2. dig a hole

    most road work holes seem that big

  3. Wouldn't touch with a barge-pole? So this would probably have been coined and used most in towns that are built alongside canals. The expression is considered to have originated in America as in: 'I wouldn't touch that with a ten-foot pole'.

  4. As in 10 foot barge pole?

    People use the term 'ten foot' here

    South Yorkshire

  5. Isn't that a narrow passage or alleyway behind a row of homes? (From the Kingston-upon-Hull area, I think)

  6. It's the length of the barge pole that you wouldn't touch someone with. 'I wouldn't touch him with a ten foot barge pole!'  Midlands.

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