peavy
Example Sentences
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There he stood on some prominent point, leaning his chin contemplatively against the thick shaft of his peavy, watching the endless procession of the logs drifting by.
From The Riverman by White, Stewart Edward
Pete Lebree had money and land, Paul of Olamon had none, Only his peavy and driving pole, his birch canoe and his gun.
From King Spruce, A Novel by Day, Holman
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
As man shouted to man, each shouldered his peavy and came running ashore, eager question on his lips.
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
