They've always been sold as dowel rods or dowel pins, the difference being the length, with the pins usually coming in shorter, ready to use lengths and the rod coming in longer lengths, usually needing to be cut before use.
Regards, Tom.
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If you can afford to buy Europe then just do so, then put it on the English system and the problem is solved.
Best I could come up with is:
Thank you for the website below.
Hah! I've seen dowels that were more like a full thirty-second undersize.
yours, Michael
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