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air hammer

American  

noun

  1. a pneumatic hammer, usually portable.


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In Grand Haven, Mich., a sewer-project workman on a quiet suburban street reported on the job at 7 a.m., yelled a cheery "Good morning, everybody." then opened up with his air hammer.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the men stand about in listless show-me skepticism, it is the major who mans the heavy air hammer to prepare a roadbed rock slide.

From Time Magazine Archive

I took the air hammer and started ripping some sandstone off the wall.

From Time Magazine Archive

Somewhere nearby an incongruous sound shook the dark, an air hammer pounding like a machine gun.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

Under Arnold's close supervision, they made the ship perform like a tractor, an air hammer, a foundation borer and an angledozer.

From Unspecialist by Yaco, Murray F.

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