peavy
Example Sentences
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Then he dropped his peavy and stepped aside.
From The Riverman by White, Stewart Edward
The peavy bit into the ice, and the scooter rocked out from the wharf.
From The Corner House Girls Snowbound by Hill, Grace Brooks
An opening was made in the piles, and the rivermen, with pike-pole and peavy, began cautiously to dig their way through the tangled timbers.
From The Riverman by White, Stewart Edward
The latter had lingered in hopes of rescuing his peavy, which had gone overboard.
From The Riverman by White, Stewart Edward
To lose one's peavy is, among rivermen, the most mortifying disgrace.
From The Riverman by White, Stewart Edward
