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Meanings of drop the mattock in anglès

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Usage of drop the mattock in anglès
1
Everywhere the Negro dropped the mattock, left the ploughshare, poised himself at erect stature, passionately saluted Old Glory, answered Here am I!
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights
2
But he jarred his arm terribly, scarcely chipped the stone, dropped the mattock with a cry of pain, and ran into his own shop.
The Princess and Curdie