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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pee-vee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpi vi |
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- As in lever : noun machine
- Hurley reached for a peavy that stood in the corner behind the door.
- Extract from : « Connie Morgan in the Lumber Camps » by James B. Hendryx
- Hurley tossed the peavy into its corner and proceeded to unlace his boots.
- Extract from : « Connie Morgan in the Lumber Camps » by James B. Hendryx
- We want a peavy or twothems the best tools, said one of the men.
- Extract from : « Carolyn of the Corners » by Ruth Belmore Endicott
- To lose one's peavy is, among rivermen, the most mortifying disgrace.
- Extract from : « The Riverman » by Stewart Edward White
- The latter had lingered in hopes of rescuing his peavy, which had gone overboard.
- Extract from : « The Riverman » by Stewart Edward White
- Tom North, leaning gracefully against the shaft of a peavy, looked up eagerly as his principal approached.
- Extract from : « The Riverman » by Stewart Edward White
- Balancing his peavy across his body, he made his way by short dashes to the point of threatened congestion.
- Extract from : « The Riverman » by Stewart Edward White
- As man shouted to man, each shouldered his peavy and came running ashore, eager question on his lips.
- Extract from : « The Riverman » by Stewart Edward White
- "Mr. Chairman," snarled Colonel Peavy, rising with impressive dignity and drawing his coat around him with ominous deliberation.
- Extract from : « A Spoil of Office » by Hamlin Garland
- A peavy stick is a heavy pole about six feet long, with a sharp iron point at the end.
- Extract from : « The Ranger Boys Outwit the Timber Thieves » by Claude A. Labelle
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