Definition of Pitchforks

1. Noun. (plural of pitchfork) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pitchforks

1. pitchfork [v] - See also: pitchfork

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pitchforks

pitcher-plant family
pitcher plant
pitcher sage
pitcherful
pitcherfuls
pitchers
pitchersful
pitches
pitches a tent
pitchfest
pitchfests
pitchfork
pitchforked
pitchforking
pitchforklike
pitchforks (current term)
pitchier
pitchiest
pitchily
pitchiness
pitching
pitching a tent
pitching change
pitching coach
pitching wedge
pitching wedges
pitchings
pitchless
pitchlike
pitchman

Literary usage of Pitchforks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life and Times of Joseph Gould: Struggles of the Early Canadian Settlers by W. H. Higgins (1887)
"... township officers—Curious by-laws— Great plenty of game and fish—Salmon caught with pitchforks—Chased by wolves—Jabez Lynde—His house—1803—First school ..."

2. Deeds of Valor: From Records in the Archives of the United States Government by Walter Frederick Beyer, Oscar Frederick Keydel (1906)
"... and then a force of Chinese was seen approaching, some mounted, others running barefooted, shouting, waving old swords and spears, pitchforks and clubs. ..."

3. Locusts and Wild Honey by John Burroughs (1884)
"How the horse-rake rattles, how the pitchforks fly, how the white sleeves play and twinkle in the sun or against the dark background of the coming storm ! ..."

4. History of the Ward of Walbrook in the City of London: Together with an by James George White (1904)
"... for fear ci infection, driving them away with pitchforks and firearms. To the immortal honour of Sir John, as long as his fortune lasted, ..."

5. Germany by Sabine Baring-Gould, Arthur Gilman (1886)
"At last an Italian friar, S. John Capistran, put himself at the head of three thousand peasants, armed with flails and pitchforks, and fell on the Turkish ..."

6. The Wandering Jewby Robert D. Manning by Robert D. Manning (1991)
"... others carrying pitchforks, sticks, or any defensive weapon they may hurriedly collect — all, however, approach with considerable alarm and caution. ..."

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