cleavers

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There was a tremendous noise of cauldrons and cleavers, and the odour of cooking spread through the whole house.

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  1. plural noun See bedstraw.

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  • At the marriage of Tackleton and May Fielding ( C.H. ) there were to be marrow-bones and cleavers, while to celebrate the union of Trotty Veck's daughter Meg and Richard they had a band including the aforesaid instruments and also the drum and the bells. —  Charles Dickens and Music
  • He was flashing images of his father's shop again — everything always gleaming white; the freezer with its white enameled door; inside the freezer, hooks with hanging quarters of beef; bulbs in metal cages along the ceiling; knives, cleavers, and saws everywhere. —  Patterson, James - [Alex Cross 12] - Cross
  • Bone cleavers, raised to intercept the blow, were amputated as the forest giant literally disarmed the summoning. —  VANCE MOORE
  • The sound of the hacking swords was like that of butchers' cleavers, and the shrieks, yells and curses were appalling. —  Conan -- The Stories from Weird Tales (1932-1936)
  • He realised the evil pair had stashed their weapons - cleavers and a garden fork - in the office before their breakout bid. —  The Daily Record - Home
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  1. Middle English clivers, probably blend of clife, burdock (from Old English clīfe) and clivres, claws (from Old English clifras, pl. of clifer).
 

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/ˈkliˈvərz, klɪvərz/
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