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billhook

bill·hook

uncommon literary rare

noun

1.

a long-handled saw with a curved blade

  • “he used a bill to prune branches off of the tree”
Synonyms

Origin

Earliest use in weapon (and later, agricultural) sense, bill (“a bladed pike (obsolete)”) + hook; other senses formed anew from various meanings of bill.

Phrases

  • bill hook Rare form of bill hook (“spiked hook used in shops for hanging papers”).
  • brush hook

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