Lexicographical Neighbors of Reaphooks
Literary usage of Reaphooks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Letters of Algernon Charles Swinburne by Algernon Charles Swinburne, Edmund Gosse, Thomas James Wise (1918)
"The first draw rapes upon the ship Between the sea and the sea sand; The neist
they lie in the lang corn, Wi' the reaphooks to their hand; ..."
2. Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania: From the Organization to by Pennsylvania Provincial Council (1851)
"... Eight looking Glasses, Eight Flutes, Six wooden Cocks, ud One dozen of reaphooks,
in the Information aforesaid ..."
3. The Table Book by William Hone (1828)
"reaphooks, thes, pitchforks, and spades were set in contact in the daytime, to
the great amusement and terror of quiet people. — The funds of the company ..."
4. The Saturday Magazine (1841)
"... entering the field leisurely at early morning with their reaphooks resting on
their right shoulders, and their beer-kegs swinging to their left hands, ..."
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