mattock

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I used to break up the ice damn daily with a mattock, fun times.

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a kind of pick that is used for digging; has a flat blade set at right angles to the handle

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noun

a kind of pick that is used for digging; has a flat blade set at right angles to the handle

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for mattock.

noun

a kind of pick that is used for digging; has a flat blade set at right angles to the handle

Example sentences

I used to break up the ice damn daily with a mattock, fun times.

Up steep canyons that are treacherous to hike up, let alone tote a pulaski and mattock.

That which hacks; an implement for hacking, chopping wood, or breaking up earth; a chopper, cleaver; a hoe, mattock.

> She lit a home-rolled cigarette and, getting to work with a mattock, tried to ignore the weather.

I planted ten trees on my property with a mattock & shovel over the course of two weeks, removing maybe fifty gallons of clay for each hole, and while it was hard I wouldn't describe it as back-breaking.

Lies, and the burden of evil they bring, are passed on; shifted from back to back, and from rank to rank; and so land ultimately on the dumb lowest rank, who with spade and mattock, with sore heart and empty wallet, daily come in contact with reality, and can pass the cheat no further".

Proper noun examples

Personally, the sign of a decent design is when you can wind up doing the old "Grandpa's Mattock" trick:"This is grandpa's mattock; my father replaced the handle and I replaced the blade".