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
The ice is black an’ rotten, an’ the rollways is piled high, So boost upon yer peavey sticks while I do tell ye why-y-y.
From The Boss of Wind River by Chisholm, A. M. (Arthur Murray)
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)
She balanced herself on the rushing log with the help of the peavey.
From Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies by Emerson, Alice B.
