picaroon
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In case you may not know, a picaroon is like a single-bladed ax on a regular ax handle, except most of the ax blade is cut away, leaving only a pick instead of a blade.
From The Life of Me; an autobiography by Clarence Edgar Johnson
Salmon began to fall on the deck, heaved up on a picaroon.
From Poor Man's Rock by Frank Tenney Johnson
MacRae threw open his hatches and counted the salmon as they came flipping off the point of a picaroon.
From Poor Man's Rock by Frank Tenney Johnson
"Hurrah!" arose in a general roar from the crew of the Noank, more than one voice adding, vociferously, the desire that was felt to smash the picaroon.
From The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution by W. O. Stoddard
He, the picaroon, companion of rogues and small marauders, had seen many and diverse love affairs.
From Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California by Geraldine Bonner
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