peavy
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The peavy bit into the ice, and the scooter rocked out from the wharf.
From The Corner House Girls Snowbound by Hill, Grace Brooks
The latter had lingered in hopes of rescuing his peavy, which had gone overboard.
From The Riverman by White, Stewart Edward
It seemed he could use a peavy, or canthook, pretty well, having done something besides sailing in his day.
From Carolyn of the Corners by Endicott, Ruth Belmore
Tom North, leaning gracefully against the shaft of a peavy, looked up eagerly as his principal approached.
From The Riverman by White, Stewart Edward
Pete Lebree had money and land, Paul of Olamon had none, Only his peavy and driving pole, his birch canoe and his gun.
From King Spruce, A Novel by Day, Holman
We hitched three spans of them to a scoot that had wide, wooden shoes, and that was loaded high with bags of grain, harnesses, peavies, shovels, axes, and chains.
From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)
Some few the rivermen were forced to carry bodily, ten men to a side, the peavies clamped in as handles.
From The Riverman by White, Stewart Edward
“We’ll just have to dig into her with the peavies, Dinny, and trust to luck.”
From The Boss of Wind River by Chisholm, A. M. (Arthur Murray)
"Boys," he commanded briefly, "get your peavies and come along."
From The Riverman by White, Stewart Edward
These men, quite simply, walked to the edges of the rollway, rolled a log apiece into the water, stepped aboard, leaned against their peavies, and were swept away by the swift current.
From The Riverman by White, Stewart Edward
