Definitions
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- adjective Resembling a
hoe or some aspect of one.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Accidents happen and surely being responsible and looking after the baby is the most un-hoelike thing to do?
Casey Aldridge Jamie Lynn Spears Split; Jamie Lynn Spears Casey Aldridge Broke Up In November 2007
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Duff and scrub had been scraped away by pulaskis, the double-duty tool with an axe on one side and sharp hoelike blade on the other that most firefighters carried.
Firestorm Barr, Nevada 1996
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By means of their fearful buzzing, the deadly insects guided him into the nearest hut, where they indicated that he should pick up one of the rude hoelike took which was used in the fields.
The Emancipatrix Homer Eon Flint 1908
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By means of their fearful buzzing, the deadly insects guided him into the nearest hut, where they indicated that he should pick up one of the rude hoelike tools which was used in the fields.
The Devolutionist and the Emancipatrix Homer Eon Flint 1908
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