Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hand-bar with a bent claw-shaped point for drawing spikes from railroad-ties.
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Examples
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Everybody could see how the workman's hands, as he labored with the claw-bar to draw the spikes, had cleaned off the rust.
The Sleuth of St. James's Square Melville Davisson Post
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"There's the claw-bar, that the devil done it with," he said.
The Sleuth of St. James's Square Melville Davisson Post
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After some moments he picked up the claw-bar and threw it spitefully into the ditch beside the track, as much as to say,
The Broncho Rider Boys with Funston at Vera Cruz Or, Upholding the Honor of the Stars and Stripes Frank Fowler
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Directly they appeared in the doorway with a large claw-bar in their hands.
The Broncho Rider Boys with Funston at Vera Cruz Or, Upholding the Honor of the Stars and Stripes Frank Fowler
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