turf-cutter

The weapons with which we have gained our most important victories, which should be handed down as heirlooms from father to son, are not the sword and the lance, but the bushwhack, the turf-cutter, the spade, and the bog hoe, rusted with the blood of many a meadow, and begrimed with the dust of many a hard - fought field.

Walking 1969

The weapons with which we have gained our most important victories, which should be handed down as heirlooms from father to son, are not the sword and the lance, but the bush-whack, the turf-cutter, the spade, and the bog-hoe, rusted with the blood of many a meadow, and begrimed with the dust of many a hard-fought field.

Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Various

From her third brother, Asbrand, who had only one son, Biargey asked a turf-cutter, as hers was not keen enough to cut all she wanted; again she was offered her choice, and chose the new, untried cutter, instead of the old, rusty, notched one.

Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race

There Howard asked for the promised new turf-cutter, and Asbrand's son, a tall and manly youth, joined the party.

Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race

The weapons with which we have gained our most important victories, which should be handed down as heirlooms from father to son, are not the sword and the lance, but the bushwhack, the turf-cutter, the spade, and the boghoe, rusted with the blood of many a meadow, and begrimed with the dust of many a hard-fought field.

Walking 1914

The weapons with which we have gained our most important victories, which should be handed down as heirlooms from father to son, are not the sword and the lance, but the bush-whack, the turf-cutter, the spade, and the bog-hoe, rusted with the blood of many a meadow, and begrimed with the dust of many a hard-fought field.

Walking [1862] 1909

The turf-cutter, feeling that this could not be, asked him what date he supposed that day was.

The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Edwin Sidney Hartland 1887

Diving into the dense obscurity in a line headed by Sam the turf-cutter, they pursued their trackless way home.

The Return of the Native 1878

"And what ghastly gallicrow might the poor fellow have been like, Master Fairway?" asked the turf-cutter.

The Return of the Native 1878

"I am glad to hear that your son Mr. Clym is coming home at Christmas, ma'am," said Sam, the turf-cutter.

The Return of the Native 1878