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posthole digger

American  

noun

  1. a tool or device for digging a posthole.


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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

General Barco merely dug pits for his oil, once struck seepage with a posthole digger.

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

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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