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Meanings of bradawl in anglès

An awl for making small holes for brads or small screws.

Usage of bradawl in anglès
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Cosmo took a fine bradawl, and pushed it gently into the hoof.
Warlock o' Glenwarlock: A Homely Romance
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He waved his hand deprecatingly, the bradawl used for his work in it.
The Purple Land / Being the Narrative of One Richard Lamb's Adve...
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The manager started as if some firm hand had driven a bradawl into him.
Psmith in the City
4
No hope-unless we are 'behind you with a bradawl!'
The Mating of Lydia
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I'm very well aware that my affair's clear enough as they've found that bradawl and know me.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Volume 2
6
They went out and bought a one-inch auger and a three-sixteenths bradawl, a thick footstool and a satchel.
The Pit Prop Syndicate
7
For a whole week the press had been busy with the bradawl found under the entrance of the Duvillard mansion.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Volume 2
8
Necessity, which is the mother of invention, made them deft and handy with axe and adze, bradawl and waxed end, anvil and forge.
Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 181...
9
The surface of the glass will shortly be ground away, and then the file bradawl will make much quicker progress than might be expected.
On Laboratory Arts
10
It is a bradawl, and its handle bears the name of Grandidier, which is that of a man who keeps some well-known metal works.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Volume 2
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Mr Bradawl had a pretty tough job of it, for the oak was hard.
Paddy Finn
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Bradawl - Awl with a beveled tip to make holes in wood for brads or screws.
Things To Make
13
'Nay, nay, take your bradawl!' Saxon answered good-humouredly, kicking the sword towards his youthful opponent.
Micah Clarke / His Statement as made to his three grandchildren ...
14
Attended by fifty trusty followers under the lead of Carlo the Corkscrew and Beowulf the Bradawl, he had made his way to Ghent.
Nonsense Novels
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By his side was a warrant officer, whom I heard addressed as Mr Bradawl, with a saw and chisel and hammer in hand.
Paddy Finn
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The men worked all night on those twenty trees, those that had no axes bored with bradawls and blasted, and then relieved those that had.
Tales of Wonder
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