peavy
Example Sentences
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Tom North, leaning gracefully against the shaft of a peavy, looked up eagerly as his principal approached.
From The Riverman by White, Stewart Edward
The peavy bit into the ice, and the scooter rocked out from the wharf.
From The Corner House Girls Snowbound by Hill, Grace Brooks
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
Balancing his peavy across his body, he made his way by short dashes to the point of threatened congestion.
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
