peavy

Example Sentences

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To lose one's peavy is, among rivermen, the most mortifying disgrace.

From The Riverman by White, Stewart Edward

Then he dropped his peavy and stepped aside.

From The Riverman by White, Stewart Edward

There he stood on some prominent point, leaning his chin contemplatively against the thick shaft of his peavy, watching the endless procession of the logs drifting by.

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