Pickaxe
['pɪkæks]
Definition
(n.) A pick with a point at one end, a transverse edge or blade at the other, and a handle inserted at the middle; a hammer with a flattened end for driving wedges and a pointed end for piercing as it strikes.
Checker: Nellie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. (Written also Pickax.) Pick.
Checker: Maryann
Definition
n. a picking tool with a point at one end of the head and a cutting blade at the other used in digging.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a pickaxe, denotes a relentless enemy is working to overthrow you socially. A broken one, implies disaster to all your interests.
Typist: Louis
Examples
- Two of you for the pickaxes and the tools! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Have you got your pickaxes handy? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- During its early years this shop made anything in its line that could be sold in the neighborhood--rifles, shotguns, crowbars, pickaxes, farm tools. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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