hammer pond
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hammer pond
First recorded in 1885–90
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“Those are the General’s, where the pheasants are, and if you look between those fir-trees you can just get a peep of the hammer pond where the big eels are.”
From Burr Junior by H. C. (Harold C.) Earnshaw
I have been out with Bunny Wrigg sometimes when he has been setting night-lines in the old hammer pond, and catching big eels, and sometimes wild ducks, and— Pst!
From The New Forest Spy by W.D.E. Evans
To have an hour or two in the hammer pond.
From Burr Junior by H. C. (Harold C.) Earnshaw
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