With a short-handled spade he dug into the overturned soil. From Wordnik.com. [The Town] Reference
He grabbed a maul, short-handled, heavy-headed, and swung it. From Wordnik.com. [Starfarers]
Creslin leans down and picks up the short-handled stone sledge. From Wordnik.com. [The Towers of the Sunset]
It was ingenious and effective, founded upon the short-handled hoe. From Wordnik.com. [Centennial]
This year, I particularly like their short-handled leather tote £780. From Wordnik.com. [Must Haves for Spring] Reference
Why is a long-handled spade easier to dig with than a short-handled one?. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
The short-handled shovel was inverted and placed under my right shoulder. From Wordnik.com. [The Twin Hells; a thrilling narrative of life in the Kansas and Missouri penitentiaries] Reference
Raising a short-handled club, he gestured over the heads of the stoical team. From Wordnik.com. [Kingdoms of Light]
A cavalry saber hung at his side, and in his hand he held a short-handled whip. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Strogoff] Reference
When his mother came in he was scouring a frying pan with a short-handled brush. From Wordnik.com. [Underworld] Reference
Even with a small, short-handled shovel, each spadeful of snow takes planning and effort. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
While Henley watched I dug with a short-handled shovel, excavating a trench around the boulder. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
He snatched a short-handled axe from the saddle as he landed, then slapped the mare on the rump. From Wordnik.com. [Conan and The Mists of Door]
In the poorest countries, farmers primarily use short-handled hoes to work slash and burn plots. From Wordnik.com. [First World Subsidies and Third World Poverty, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
He would be given a short-handled stabbing spear and would be permitted to throw himself upon it. From Wordnik.com. [Explorers Of Gor]
Burt nodded, used another nail, and bent over his work, rapping it in with the short-handled hammer. From Wordnik.com. [Deuces Wild] Reference
The Disan poised above him had the short-handled stone hammer raised to strike a skull-crushing blow. From Wordnik.com. [Planet of the Damned] Reference
Greek jumped in with a short-handled shovel to Whisky Bob's assistance, short work was made of him by Hans. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 11] Reference
These were soon brought, and consisted of a pick, a short-handled shovel, two iron wedges and a sledge hammer. From Wordnik.com. [The Twin Hells; a thrilling narrative of life in the Kansas and Missouri penitentiaries] Reference
They soon were too deep to use long-handled tools, and resorted to mallet and chisel, and a short-handled hand axe. From Wordnik.com. [Doctor Jones' Picnic] Reference
A short-handled broom is also found in one corner of the cell, with which the convict brushes it out every morning. From Wordnik.com. [The Twin Hells; a thrilling narrative of life in the Kansas and Missouri penitentiaries] Reference
"Yes, and I'll bet that they all got them from sweeping several hours a day with a short-handled broom," Emma said. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
In ancient times, these fierce warriors brandished a small short-handled hatchet or axe, for the purpose of a close fight. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
With fanatical single-mindedness each attacked his or her portion of the avenue with a short-handled, wide-bristled broom. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of Felix Gunderson] Reference
Students and master wore heavy leather aprons that hung below their knees, and held iron spikes and short-handled hammers in their hands. From Wordnik.com. [Reiffeins Choice] Reference
They could see the windshield folded down, and a canvas map case and a jerry can for fuel and a short-handled shovel clipped on the rear. From Wordnik.com. [Die Trying]
A short-handled debarking spade is used for harder bark (1a), a long-handled one for softer bark, to permit working in longer strokes (1b). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
"I am not sure that our short-handled brooms have bent our backs like this but I am sure that your way of sweeping is a more powerful way.". From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
But my daughter needs to use a short-handled knife. From Wordnik.com. [Rocky Mount Telegram - Business] Reference
When Nicky the Greek jumped in with a short-handled shovel to. From Wordnik.com. [John Barleycorn] Reference
Some like a long-handled fork, others prefer a short-handled one. From Wordnik.com. [Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts] Reference
Norrak handed his father the short-handled but heavy, long-lashed whip. From Wordnik.com. [Red Rooney The Last of the Crew] Reference
Here is a short-handled augur, to make a hole for the saw to go through. From Wordnik.com. [Under Wellington's Command A Tale of the Peninsular War] Reference
The only instrument of husbandry here is the short-handled hoe; and about. From Wordnik.com. [A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864] Reference
Then she saw the short-handled geologist's hammer gripped in Bennett's fist heave high in the air. From Wordnik.com. [A Man's Woman] Reference
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