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Meanings of reaphook in inglês

Agricultural tool consisting of a blade on a wooden handle, used for gathering and cutting.

Sinônimos
Examples for "reaping hook"
Examples for "reaping hook"
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The goat-girl Miriam-thewild cat-cuthis forehead with her reaping hook.
Homo Sum — Volume 01
2
He always cut his grain with a reaping hook to the day of his death.
Rilla of Ingleside
3
He himself has stood in the market-place with reaping hook or hoe looking for a master.
Hodge and His Masters
4
Their burthens were beside them, and one like Ceres held a reaping hook in her brown hand.
The New Machiavelli
5
Grasp the sickle and go out among the standing corn, or the rust on thy reaping hook shall eat into thy soul for ever!
Broken Bread, from an Evangelist's Wallet
Usage of reaphook in inglês
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"'Tis Cain Ball," said Gabriel, pausing from whetting his reaphook.
Far from the Madding Crowd
Reaphook through the time