posthole digger
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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His grandfather could reach water with a posthole digger.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 24, 2021
The Swiss Army Gardener: A handy, foldable multi-tool combining a shovel, rake, hoe, hacksaw, pitchfork, pruning shears and posthole digger.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 4, 2019
Maynard and Luce recently bought a posthole digger for the tractor, and they are building a corral/handling facility to perform herd health care.
From Time Magazine Archive
Along the border a tractor equipped with a posthole digger is busily planting holes every dozen feet.
From Time Magazine Archive
A posthole digger, shovels, a few bags of quick-set concrete, large buckets with lids, a role of fencing wire, pliers, and a couple of hammers were piled on the ground near the bushes.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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