pick-axe en · NOUN
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of pickaxe.
alt of pickaxe
By the way, the only relic of those builders that I ever saw was a highly finished bronze pick-axe which Stella found one day in the quarry.
1889 December, H[enry] Rider Haggard, “[Allan’s Wife] The Marble Kraals”, in Allan’s Wife and Other Tales, London: Spencer Blackett, […], →OCLC, page 142:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pick-axes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |