shouldered

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Scanning the titles, the album seems to be populated by scary creatures: Snake Eyes, Monsters, Broad Shouldered Beasts.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2015

He amused the children at night with his stories of military life— "Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won."

From Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist by Smiles, Samuel

At which John Burns—a practical man— Shouldered his rifle, unbent his brows, And then went back to his bees and cows.

From Complete Poetical Works by Harte, Bret

Shouldered his crutch and showed how fields were won.

From Familiar Quotations by Bartlett, John

Shouldered a big debt on it; but I always loved these slopin' fields, an' my share of this old Wabash hasn't been for sale nor tradin' any time this past forty year.

From The Song of the Cardinal by Stratton-Porter, Gene