mattock

Again he took his mattock, and went to the back wall.

There was no way to trace the mattock, of course.

I could dig myself out with the mattock, he thought.

I was working with a mattock and Paul had a shovel.

It was a great delight to him to use his mattock once more.

As a simple but effective tool, mattocks have a long history.

What use had I now for a mattock or a hoe?

Four men dug at the front face with picks and mattocks.

However, there were mattocks in the back of the 2 ton truck.

The system is much faster than traditional planting with a mattock.

He could tell that by the way some of the men handled their picks and mattocks.

She stood as he attacked them with an axe and mattock.

The mattock and my hat were lying where I'd left them on the lawn.

As he went out he caught up his mattock and took it with him.

You have to take a big swing to penetrate the turf with the mattock.

Her man, carrying a mattock, was not far behind.

He saw the mattock blade embedded in the center of his father's forehead.

The wooden handle of the mattock had been ground to splinters.

The Indian ate it, heaved up the mattock and went to work.

I think it is accurately called a pick mattock.

From his second wife, Louise Mattocks, he had five children, many of which died at a young age.

I had brought the mattock down on the clothesline.

For tools they had a shovel and a mattock.

A very similar (but blunt) tool used for digging in hard ground is called a mattock.

Her father later divorced Mattocks and married twice more.