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There was nothing in the sharp hatchet-like face, with its sandy hair drawn tightly away from each side and screwed into a knot behind, that suggested compromise.

From Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle by Jenkins, Herbert George

The door they had put Oleron in at remained open, apparently till the other inspector should come; and through the opening Oleron had a glimpse of the hatchet-like "To Let" boards among the privet-trees.

From Widdershins by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

For the latter the women employ the hatchet-like knife, cutting off the outer ends of the leaves.

From The North American Indian by Curtis, Edward S.

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 Holmes, William Henry

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 Onions, Oliver [pseud.]