peavy
Example Sentences
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Guess you feel good when you see a boy swingin' an axe, or handlin' a peavy.
From The Man in the Twilight by Cullum, Ridgwell
Then he dropped his peavy and stepped aside.
From The Riverman by White, Stewart Edward
The person addressed first looked extremely astonished; then shouldered his peavy and started for camp, leaving the diminished rear a prey to curiosity.
From Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life by White, Stewart Edward
We want a peavy or two—them’s the best tools,” said one of the men.
From Carolyn of the Corners by Endicott, Ruth Belmore
An opening was made in the piles, and the rivermen, with pike-pole and peavy, began cautiously to dig their way through the tangled timbers.
From The Riverman by White, Stewart Edward
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
