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pitchfork

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pitch·fork  (pchfôrk)
n.
A large, long-handled fork with sharp, widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay.
tr.v. pitch·forked, pitch·fork·ing, pitch·forks
To lift or toss with or as if with a pitchfork.

[Alteration (influenced by pichen, to throw) of Middle English pikforke : pik, pick; see pick2 or pik, spike; see pike5 + forke, fork; see fork.]

pitchfork
Noun
a long-handled fork with two or three long curved prongs for tossing hay
Verb
to use a pitchfork on (something)
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pitchforkpitchfork - a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay
hand tool - a tool used with workers' hands
tine - prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler
Verb1.pitchfork - lift with a pitchfork; "pitchfork hay"
lift - take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table"
Translations
Spanish pitchfork [ˈpɪtʃfɔːk] nhorca
French pitchfork [ˈpɪtʃfɔːk] nfourche f
German pitchfork [ˈpɪtʃfɔːk] nHeugabel f
Italian pitchfork [ˈpɪtʃfɔːk] nforcone m

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Especially the third Sunday in Lent; because Jacob had been out on one of his occasional wanderings for the last two days; and David, being a timid young man, had a considerable dread and hatred of Jacob, as of a large personage who went about habitually with a pitchfork in his hand.
Ivan Parmenov was standing on the cart, taking, laying in place, and stamping down the huge bundles of hay, which his pretty young wife deftly handed up to him, at first in armfuls, and then on the pitchfork.
No; without a gown, in a shift that was somewhat of the coarsest, and none of the cleanest, bedewed likewise with some odoriferous effluvia, the produce of the day's labour, with a pitchfork in her hand, Molly Seagrim approached.
 
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