Without saying a word, the magicians each drew from beneath his cloak a pickaxe, and they cut a hole in the wall in a few minutes. From Wordnik.com. [Ting-a-ling] Reference
What we have is simple slasher fun at it’s zenith, I’m absolutely convinced that the pickaxe is the ideal weapon for a 3-D horror. From Wordnik.com. [MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3-D : Hell Yeah! | Obsessed With Film] Reference
He found a bright steel pickaxe working all alone. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Stories for the Story-teller] Reference
"Bring a pickaxe," said I. Denny's face wandered toward Phroso. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896] Reference
He has a toy shovel and a pickaxe and a little axe that will cut. From Wordnik.com. [The Nursery, November 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 5] Reference
Get a pickaxe and spade from one of the pioneers and come with me. From Wordnik.com. [Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes] Reference
To some rocks the boys were obliged to take the pickaxe and crowbar. From Wordnik.com. [The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.] Reference
The mention of "dig" is as likely to make us think of pickaxe as of spade. From Wordnik.com. [Assimilative Memory or, How to Attend and Never Forget] Reference
"Ay," interrupted Malachi, "there is nothing equal to the spade and pickaxe.". From Wordnik.com. [The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886] Reference
"Ah, my master," answered the pickaxe, "I have been waiting for you a long time.". From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Stories for the Story-teller] Reference
I flung the pickaxe down with a clatter on the boards, and exclaimed in my haste. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896] Reference
GAZAN: No. ANDERSON:. you know, big plain (INAUDIBLE) shirt and the pickaxe here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 19, 2006] Reference
Then he struck the giant such a blow on the head with a pickaxe that he killed him. From Wordnik.com. [Favorite Fairy Tales] Reference
As our soldiers withdrew they distinctly heard the sound of pickaxe and shovel at the. From Wordnik.com. [The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn] Reference
In a few moments the big miner had marked out a crawlway with a few taps of his pickaxe. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon's Kin]
Dropping the pickaxe, Ruth gained possession of the shovel and threw aside the loose earth. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers] Reference
Each lance was issued two metal buckets, an axe, a shovel, and a pickaxe. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Conrads Crusade]
There was a pickaxe -- perhaps the very one she had seen there in the winter -- and a shovel. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers] Reference
The solitude was presently broken by the approach of an old man laden with pickaxe and shovel. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughters of Danaus] Reference
When once we have sworn on the sacred pickaxe, it is impossible to speak words of treachery. '. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Destiny] Reference
The walls were too massive for our strength, and the pickaxe and spade were thrown aside in despair. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844] Reference
I took a firm stance and the hockey stick and let drive for the hole with a tremendous pickaxe stroke. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-04] Reference
Upon this cloth was placed the consecrated pickaxe and a piece of silver as an offering to the goddess. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Caliph] Reference
He is represented with a spade, pickaxe, keys, and a whip in his leathern girdle; at his feet is a skull. From Wordnik.com. [The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See] Reference
Cautious Captain and the Doubting Doctor "if they had seen anything of my pickaxe and the sack of diamonds.". From Wordnik.com. [Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 101, July 11, 1891] Reference
One of them bore a lantern, while the other wheeled before him a barrow, laden with crowbar, pickaxe, and spade. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Old Liverpool] Reference
Gratified by this appeal to his judgment, Dodge scratched his head, and leant both brawny arms upon his pickaxe. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughters of Danaus] Reference
Then a flannel shirt open at the neck; a wide-awake cocked on one side of his head; and a pickaxe on his shoulder. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 7, 1891] Reference
The accompanying engraving is a representation of the old sexton, with his spade, pickaxe, and other emblems of office. From Wordnik.com. [The New Guide to Peterborough Cathedral] Reference
Time, Death! "till the clock had come to the end of its tale, and then the pickaxe went on alone in the stillness --" Death!. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughters of Danaus] Reference
She heard the girls shout for her, but instead of complying she went straight across to the Stone Face and picked up the heavy pickaxe. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers] Reference
Shallow soil ought to be thoroughly dug down to the last inch, and it will be an advantage to break up the subsoil by pickaxe and fork. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference
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