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billhook

[bil-hook] / ˈbɪlˌhʊk /
NOUN
hatchet
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Watch Tim Radford — in dreadlocks, just 36, the future of the sport — wielding his billhook blade and laying into his section of brush like the queen’s own tree surgeon.

From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2019

Max Reinhardt, whose castle�Leopoldskron�overlooks the crenelated streets of the old cathedral town, sent some weeks ago an army of mercenaries against the riding school with billhook, adz, hammer, saw.

From Time Magazine Archive

I’m off to the mountains with my billhook to gather a faggot of sticks for our fire.

From Japanese Fairy Tales by James, Grace

"Up thee goest, gaffer," said Joseph, handing over the little old lady's head the billhook and the saw.

From Aunt Rachel by Murray, David Christie

"Yes, there or thereabouts," said Winterborne, a chop of the billhook jerking the last word into two pieces.

From The Woodlanders by Hardy, Thomas




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