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  • noun Plural form of trowel.

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Examples

  • Low-tech resources such as trowels and shovels are as important as more sophisticated tools such as digital cameras and computerized artifact-mapping software.

    2009 Field Report 3 « Interactive Dig Johnson's Island – Unlocking a Civil War Prison 2009

  • Low-tech resources such as trowels and shovels are as important as more sophisticated tools such as digital cameras and computerized artifact-mapping software.

    2009 Field Report 3 « Interactive Dig Johnson's Island – Unlocking a Civil War Prison 2009

  • Low-tech resources such as trowels and shovels are as important as more sophisticated tools such as digital cameras [...]

    Interactive Dig Johnson's Island – Unlocking a Civil War Prison 2009

  • Once a firm base is obtained, the carvings can then be done using different kind of tools such as trowels, spoons or knives. 11 more pics after the jump.

    Awesome Sand Sculptures 2006

  • Together with the vibrating table, Development Alternatives supplies 200 self-stacking, high-impact polystyrene moulds (mounted on wooden frames) and the necessary accessory tools, such as trowels, scoops and quality control implements.

    Chapter 10 1997

  • If he had needed any special implement, he borrowed it from the big collection up at the Hall; here he kept only the basics, spade, fork, hoe, rake, shears, and, in a wall-rack beside the window, the hand-tools such as trowels and secateurs.

    Rose cottage Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1997

  • If he had needed any special implement, he borrowed it from the big collection up at the Hall; here he kept only the basics, spade, fork, hoe, rake, shears, and, in a wall-rack beside the window, the hand-tools such as trowels and secateurs.

    Rose cottage Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1997

  • Together with the vibrating table, Development Alternatives supplies 200 self-stacking, high impact polystyrene moulds (mounted on wooden frames) and the necessary accessory tools, such as trowels, scoops and quality control implements.

    Chapter 8 1991

  • "The initiative applies to tools such as trowels, spades, hand and garden forks, hoes, good old-fashioned garden rakes and lawn rakes, but not power tools, which are those powered by electricity or are petrol-driven."

    Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon 2010

  • "The initiative applies to tools such as trowels, spades, hand and garden forks, hoes, good old-fashioned garden rakes and lawn rakes, but not power tools, which are those powered by electricity or are petrol-driven."

    Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon 2010

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