peavy

[pee-vee]

noun, plural pea·vies.

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Examples from the Web for peavy

Hurley reached for a peavy that stood in the corner behind the door.
Connie Morgan in the Lumber Camps
James B. Hendryx
Hurley tossed the peavy into its corner and proceeded to unlace his boots.
Connie Morgan in the Lumber Camps
James B. Hendryx
We want a peavy or twothems the best tools, said one of the men.
Carolyn of the Corners
Ruth Belmore Endicott
To lose one's peavy is, among rivermen, the most mortifying disgrace.
The Riverman
Stewart Edward White
The latter had lingered in hopes of rescuing his peavy, which had gone overboard.
The Riverman
Stewart Edward White