hoe into
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Sheild credited his partner with introducing the labor-saving double-edged hoe into the mix.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 17, 2015
To carry an axe or hoe into the house means bad luck.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 by Work Projects Administration
Presently, he came to a carob-tree and struck the hoe into its roots.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III by Payne, John
And as he said this, the little speaker threw himself upon the soft ground, struck his hoe into the soil, and looked up at his brother to see how he would take it.
From I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success by Roe, Azel Stevens
One day, when "the crop" was pretty well "laid by," Jake came to the shack and, throwing his hoe into the corner, said: "Paw, I wanta be Somebody!"
From "Say Fellows—" Fifty Practical Talks with Boys on Life's Big Issues by Smith, Wade C.
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