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pickaxe
/ ˈ±èɪ°ìˌæ°ì²õ /
noun
- a large pick or mattock
verb
- to use a pickaxe on (earth, rocks, etc)
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pickaxe1
C15: from earlier pikois (but influenced also by axe ), from Old French picois, from pic pick ²; compare also pique 1
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Each one hefted a nasty-looking pickaxe, and each one looked ready to use it.
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Mr Fooks was digging with a pickaxe by torchlight when he found the coins in a pottery bowl buried in a bare earth floor.
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One of the property's new owners, Robert Fooks, was digging with a pickaxe by torchlight when he found the trove in a pottery bowl.
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Prosecutors said Caballero struck the teen multiple times with a pickaxe and then helped the gang bury him in a shallow grave.
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A 21-year-old man was accused of killing his grandparents, his brother and a family friend with a handgun and pickaxe.
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