Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The handle of a spade. Hence In machinery, a pin held at both ends by the forked ends of a connectingrod.
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Examples
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I walked slowly with the spade-handle for a stick, crawling for long distances and often resting and exerting all the force of my will to resist sleep.
From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Sven Anders Hedin 1908
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He gripped the spade-handle so tightly that cords stood out on his rather formidable forearms.
Anderson Crow, Detective George Barr McCutcheon 1897
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There was no cultivation outside that little garden, where the grand old soldier delved, or rested on his spade-handle as he turned his gaze over the sea, doubtless thinking of the dear land beyond it.
Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General Charles James Lever 1839
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