pickaxe

• The pickaxe, as the suspected murder weapon, had been impounded, but in any case it was not required for the task in hand. —  Death of a Burrowing Mole - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 62
• Wearing a miner's mask and armed with a pickaxe, an unstoppable killer is on the loose. —  Torrentreactor.Net
• Yet, despite the dusk-to-dawn chores and the challenging work - a pickaxe is required for planting in the stony ground - Loney, like any artist, derives pleasure from watching others admire his work. —  Thestar.com - Home Page
• Hetfield's "What don't kill you" refrain lodges itself in your head like a pickaxe -- but Hammett snags the spotlight again with an insane solo and some serious whammy-bar abuse. —  JAM! Showbiz
• My Bloody Valentine is as blunt as its serial killer's pickaxe, which is used to kill more small town yokels than I'd ever dreamed possible. —  Portland Mercury

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