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

Joe used his peavey to roll half a dozen of the seasoned oak and hickory logs over a long chain, bound the chain around them, and hitched the mules to it.

From The Lost Wagon by Kjelgaard, James Arthur

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

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)