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rotary hoe

American  

noun

  1. a cultivating implement consisting of a row of wheels each with many fingerlike prongs, pulled over the ground to break up the soil and destroy weeds.

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He recalls an old farm implement, a rotary hoe that a buyer bought to turn the wheel into a wall hanging.

From Washington Times

His "Organization Man" is the man with the rotary hoe�the suburbanite who is doing well in technological America.

From Time Magazine Archive

As soon as the green spikes pierce the black soil, it is cultivated with a rotary hoe.

From Time Magazine Archive

This Japanese Model KF850 power cultivator has a detachable rotary hoe and a diesel engine with direct drive.

From Project Gutenberg

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