handspike
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of handspike
1605–15; < Dutch handspaak ( see hand, spoke 2), with -spaak replaced by spike 1
Example Sentences
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Even then we have dangers From meddlesome strangers, Who spy on our business and are not content To take a smooth answer, Except with a handspike ...
From Rewards and Fairies by Rudyard Kipling
Nay; the man, though short in stature, was as thin as a handspike.
From The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
The latter held a big handspike with an arched iron hook hinged to it, and he invited Frank to assist him in rolling logs.
From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Harold Bindloss
The other man said that he was, and Webster waved his handspike.
From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Harold Bindloss
For the next half-hour he exerted himself savagely, and when at last he dropped the handspike, his face was damp with perspiration.
From The Greater Power by W. Herbert Dunton
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