hatchet
noun
a small, short-handled ax having the end of the head opposite the blade in the form of a hammer, made to be used with one hand.
hatchet-like
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a word derived from
hatchet.
Example Sentences
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Mrs. Preston, who was rather a spare lady, with thin lips and a sharp, hatchet-like face, was in her own room.
From Only an Irish Boy Andy Burke's Fortunes by Horatio Alger
It has a hatchet-like outline, the blade being semicircular, and the upper part elongated and narrow.
From Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made During the Field Season of 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 427-510 by William Henry Holmes
And Oleron watched her until she was past the hatchet-like "To Let" boards, as if he feared that even they might fall upon her and maim her.
From Widdershins by Oliver [pseud.] Onions
The one end T is the tracer, the other Q has a sharp hatchet-like edge.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
Thus he stood for a time, hands on hips, motionless, his cruel hatchet-like face directed towards the scene further along the street.
From In the Shadow of the Hills by George C. (George Clifford) Shedd
