sickle
noun
an implement for cutting grain, grass, etc., consisting of a curved, hooklike blade mounted in a short handle.
sickles
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pluralof sickle.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“Even in the doctor’s office, in the cards that show up when we’re showing each of Puss’ deaths, there’s a fancy little border: It’s an icon of the Wolf with sickles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
“You can’t buy new sickles for combines anymore,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2022
Eighteen-year-old Noor Mohammad and 25-year-old Ahmad keep swinging their sickles to clear a remaining metre of grain.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2022
Her Mexican still lifes, with cartridge belts and sickles piled on guitars, exploit the activist potential of visual beauty, though, disappointingly, the show offers no fresh insights into them, or into Modotti’s heavily mythologized life.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2015
He disappears into a room off the side and returns with a pair of sickles.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
