pickax
or pick·axe
[pik-aks]
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noun, plural pick·ax·es.
a pick, especially a mattock.
verb (used with object), pick·axed, pick·ax·ing.
to cut or clear away with a pickax.
verb (used without object), pick·axed, pick·ax·ing.
to use a pickax.
Origin of pickax
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Historical Examples of pickax
After that somebody took a pickax and cracked in my jaw with it.
Behind the BeyondStephen Leacock
Jack and Alfonso were supplied with a pickax, a shovel and a basket.
The Slave of the MineBracebridge Hemyng
They do not care to go back to the track, the pickax and the shovel.
The Immigrant Tide, Its Ebb and FlowEdward A. Steiner
He was taking a glass of ale at the 'Toad and Pickax,' and you might hear him all over the yard.
It Is Never Too Late to MendCharles Reade
Just as the sun was setting, a man came into the gully with a pickax on his shoulder.
It Is Never Too Late to MendCharles Reade