peavy
Example Sentences
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He hit it with a splash that threw the water high to either side, immediately caught his equilibrium, and set to work with his peavy.
From The Rules of the Game by White, Stewart Edward
A peavy hook it is my pride, An ax I well can handle; To fell a tree or punch a bull Get rattling Danny Randall.
From Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads by Various
As man shouted to man, each shouldered his peavy and came running ashore, eager question on his lips.
From The Riverman by White, Stewart Edward
To lose one's peavy is, among rivermen, the most mortifying disgrace.
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
