pike pole
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pike pole
An Americanism dating back to 1820–30
Example Sentences
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Luis Hernandez starts in the cab, while Jordan St. John, on the deck, gives hand signals and uses a pike pole — a long pole with a dagger point — to guide the log in.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 2023
Ilett maneuvered a pike pole in the water to pull the octopus over to the boat.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 12, 2019
"You just grab a pike pole and get busy!" laughed Mr. Kringle.
From The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail by Frank Gee Patchin
The rope was still on my hand, and the fish was on the pike pole, so we pulled him out, and he weighed about sixty pounds.
From Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi by George H. Devol
He suddenly went under water himself, and dropping the pike pole, I grabbed him by the collar and braced myself.
From The Grain Ship by Morgan Robertson
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