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pitchforks

  • plural
    of pitchfork.
    pitchfork
    noun
    a large, long-handled fork for manually lifting and pitching hay, stalks of grain, etc.
  • present tense form
    of pitchfork (3rd person singular).
    pitchfork
    noun
    a large, long-handled fork for manually lifting and pitching hay, stalks of grain, etc.

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Some talk as though the population is ready to wield the pitchforks; that we are close to social breakdown; that a small spark could lead to a serious fire.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

“When things crystallize like this, it brings out the pitchforks and the torches,” said Marc Cenedella, CEO of the jobs platform Ladders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026

A teenager draws his slingshot, while fighters holding prayer beads take control of a Soviet tank, and peasants clutching pitchforks face Soviet soldiers.

From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026

The shelters were dismantled by city workers and scraped off the flood channel floor with pitchforks, shovels and bulldozers while those who lived in them watched.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2025

They carried pitchforks and shovels and any mean-looking thing they could find, and they made a circle around Uppity and his fireplace.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

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