hoe into

British  

verb

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

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Example Sentences

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

From Washington Times

And as he said this, the little speaker threw himself upon the soft ground, struck his hoe into the soil, and looked up at his brother to see how he would take it.

From Project Gutenberg

Two or three men, with long lunging thrusts, loosened the glowing cinder inside a fire-box; another pulled it out with a hoe into a steel wheelbarrow; another dumped the load on a growing pile of cinder over the edge of the platform.

From Project Gutenberg

At length, however, he summoned gravity enough to reply, “If that’s the case, Mr. Kirwan, the best advice I can give you is, to put a hoe into their hands as fast as they rise, and set them to work immediately.”

From Project Gutenberg

“Do ye know what I’m goin’ te tell ye?” he repeated, gently, raising a weed with his hoe into what looked like a sitting position, where he held it as if he were supporting it in bed to receive its last communion.

From Project Gutenberg