peavy

Example Sentences

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The latter had lingered in hopes of rescuing his peavy, which had gone overboard.

From The Riverman by White, Stewart Edward

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

Guess you feel good when you see a boy swingin' an axe, or handlin' a peavy.

From The Man in the Twilight by Cullum, Ridgwell

A peavy hook it is my pride, An ax I well can handle; To fell a tree or punch a bull Get rattling Danny Randall.

From Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads by Various

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