drop hammer
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of drop hammer
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
Example Sentences
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"Running a drop hammer 60 hours a week — it's a tough job."
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2018
He can hit as hard as a drop hammer, and his hands are quick enough to pluck a fly in midair.
From Time Magazine Archive
I was reminded of the small earthquakes felt in the vicinity of a heavy drop hammer.
From The Image and the Likeness by John Scott Campbell
Since my head was hanging downward, I began to spew out water as if they had lifted the floodgates on a dam, or as if I were a drop hammer.
From The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself by Robert S. Rudder
When he had to drop hammer and nails, he got a job in a saloon as a barkeeper; but the saloon didn’t prosper, and when it was shut up, there was an end.
From Out of Mulberry Street Stories of Tenement life in New York City by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis
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