Definition of "peavy" [peavy]

• A tool used to manipulate logs, having a thick wooden handle, a steel point, and a curved hooked arm. Similar to a cant-hook, but shorter and stouter, and with a pointed end. (noun)

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• "If peavy bunts, thats a more productive out than Edgar made."
• ""No way will we let outsiders bring us down, curdle our milk, piss on our peavy, spoil our crops.""
• "His regular work was heavy enough, splitting all the wood for the camp, carrying water and packing lunch to the men, but his hazers sent him on all kinds of wild goose errands to all parts of the works, looking for a "left-handed peavy" or a "bundle of cross-hauls.""