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hoe into

British  

verb

  1. informal (intr, preposition) to eat (food) heartily

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Sheild credited his partner with introducing the labor-saving double-edged hoe into the mix.

From Washington Times • Oct. 17, 2015

And he put his shovel and his hoe into his cart, and he took hold of the handle of the cart, and he walked off, with his shovel and his hoe rattling behind him.

From The Doers by Hopkins, William John

Presently, he came to a carob-tree and struck the hoe into its roots.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III by Payne, John

The stone was large and heavy and her hands trembled as she set her hoe into the fissure; but lo! the stone was not cemented like the rest and was easily loosened.

From Little Tom by Tille, V.

Then he threw the hoe into the river.

From Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans by Eggleston, Edward

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