peavy
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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 Ridgwell Cullum
The latter had lingered in hopes of rescuing his peavy, which had gone overboard.
From The Riverman by Stewart Edward White
The peavy bit into the ice, and the scooter rocked out from the wharf.
From The Corner House Girls Snowbound by Grace Brooks Hill
Balancing his peavy across his body, he made his way by short dashes to the point of threatened congestion.
From The Riverman by Stewart Edward White
We want a peavy or two—them’s the best tools,” said one of the men.
From Carolyn of the Corners by Ruth Belmore Endicott
Immediately the rivermen ran out on this tangle, and, after a moment devoted to inspection, set to work with their peavies.
From The Rules of the Game by Stewart Edward White
Their peavies clanked regularly, and the logs twirled out of their resting places and trundled into the stream.
From The Boss of Wind River by A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm
This they attacked with their peavies, rolling the top logs off into the current below.
From The Riverman by Stewart Edward White
First of all, the entire crew set itself, by means of its peavies, to rolling the lower logs into the current, where they were rapidly borne away.
From The Riverman by Stewart Edward White
Or maybe some more peavies, and we'll hilp ye on yure rollways.
From The Riverman by Stewart Edward White
