Etymology
Origin of posthole
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
Along the border a tractor equipped with a posthole digger is busily planting holes every dozen feet.
From Time Magazine Archive
The mother and son moved into a new house then, and Bill remembers having to get a neighbor, Jim Clark, to show him how to use a posthole digger for putting up the mailbox.
From Time Magazine Archive
The new posts were thicker and longer than the old ones, so Finn and Miguel took turns with the posthole digger to widen and deepen the hole.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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