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Definition of Posthole digger
1. Noun. A shovel used to sink postholes.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Posthole Digger
Literary usage of Posthole digger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. C3I: Issues of Command and Control edited by Thomas P. Coakley (1991)
"Invariably some farmer using a posthole digger would punch a hole in the cable;
and gophers, it turned out, loved to eat lead; they'd eat holes in the stuff ..."
2. Topographic Instructions of the United States Geological Survey by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1913)
"One posthole digger. Stone drills (ij-inch bit). Character of lines. — Primary
levels should be run as single lines in circuits wherever practicable, ..."
3. Trade Tests in Education by Herbert Anderson Toops (1921)
"A doubletree is part of a (harness, wagon, sprayer, posthole-digger) . . 2 48.
Ditching can be done most easily in (spring, summer, autumn, winter) 1 49. ..."
4. Trade Tests in Education by Herbert Anderson Toops (1921)
"A doubletree is part of a (harness, wagon, sprayer, posthole-digger) . . 2 48.
Ditching can be done most easily in (spring, summer, autumn, winter) 1 49. ..."
5. Trade Tests in Education by Herbert Anderson Toops (1921)
"A doubletree is part of a (harness, wagon, sprayer, posthole-digger) . . 2 48.
Ditching can be done most easily in (spring, summer, autumn, winter) i 49. ..."