pick-axe

In the 19th century, the Miller family sold dry goods to gold rush miners in Groton, South Dakota — a heritage he hints at with his choice of emblem: a pick-axe.

Menswear's Young Bloods Kick It Old School Edward Helmore 2011

The last time I saw a Horror flick in 3D I was subjected to 90 minutes of a pick-axe flying into my face.

Flixnjoystix.com! » This Week@The Movies: HALLOWEEN II, BIG FAN, & More! A Quick Look At This Weekend’s Cinematic Offerings! 2009

Great use of the 3D and some awesome kill scenes using the 3D and the pick-axe.

Top 10 Instruments of Death in Slasher Films » Scene-Stealers 2009

It's the pick-axe sellers (the olde time incarnation of current day royalty collectors) who made the big money in 1849.

Deep-Hearted 2010

Sebald-smooth surface, this novel takes a pick-axe to the ‘biography’ genre.

2010 January 19 | NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS 2010

The boy was three when Tom Heenan returned from ploughing and was sitting on a bench outside the kitchen, fitting a handle to a pick-axe when Sammy crawled to the door and began "waggin 'uts bug head an' blunkun 'an' brayun 'like a great bug ass ut was," Mrs. Ross tells the narrator.

“Samuel! There was a rolling wonder in the sound. Ay, there was!” 2008

There was a snarl from behind me, something swished in the air and thudded, and I had a glimpse of a small pick-axe quivering in the shutter as I flung myself headlong at the screen, yelling in terror.

Fiancée 2010

Then he wakes the giant with a blast on the horn and after the giant falls into the trap he kills him with his pick-axe.

Archive 2009-01-01 elena maria vidal 2009

In other words, if you were to land on Mars, dig down a foot or so, and use a pick-axe to drudge up a bucketful of ice, you'd have the equivalent of water produced on the moon over several square kilometers 1000 acres over a month.

Water on the Moon: What Does it Mean? | Universe Today 2009

Is it me, or does the less-phallic poop baseball bat also strongly resemble a pick-axe?

Batter UP! 2009