peavey

Example Sentences

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But at his best, his images become hermetic, despite their apparent candor; a peavey or a hanging cornhusk seems to brim with undisclosed biography.

From Time Magazine Archive

He rolled them over with a peavey and pounded them with the flat face of a splitting maul, testing for the ringing tone that indicated soundness.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Then, as a man pries jack-straws, he clamped his peavey and tugged sharply.

From The Blazed Trail by White, Stewart Edward

Each had clung to his peavey, as is the habit of rivermen.

From The Blazed Trail by White, Stewart Edward

I want to wear spiked boots and ride a stick in white water and use a peavey.

From The Boss of Wind River by Chisholm, A. M. (Arthur Murray)