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• pickaxes — n. hoe, mattock, tool for spreading soil; small hammer, pick, tool for breaking up soiln. hoe, mattock, tool for spreading soil; small hammer, pick, tool for breaking up soil …   English contemporary dictionary

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• pickaxe — [[t]pɪ̱kæks[/t]] pickaxes N COUNT A pickaxe is a large tool consisting of a curved, pointed piece of metal with a long handle joined to the middle. Pickaxes are used for breaking up rocks or the ground. Syn: pick (in AM, use pickax) …   English dictionary

• pound away at — {v. phr.} 1. To attack; criticize. * /In his campaign speeches the candidate kept pounding away at the administration s foreign policy./ 2. To work industriously. * /Mike was pounding away at the foundation of his new house with shovels and… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• pound away at — {v. phr.} 1. To attack; criticize. * /In his campaign speeches the candidate kept pounding away at the administration s foreign policy./ 2. To work industriously. * /Mike was pounding away at the foundation of his new house with shovels and… …   Dictionary of American idioms

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