reaping hook

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reaping hook

noun reaping hooks · reaphook · reap hook · reaping-hook

A sickle, particularly a small one with a short handle used for cutting grass or crops. “Before he was a twel’month ould he had a mouth full o’ great teeth; his hands wor like ’s claws, and his legs wor no thicker nor the handle of a whip, and about as straight as a rapin’ hook; to make the matther worse, he had the gut uv a cormorant, and the whinge, and the yelp, and the screech, and

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@misc{reaping_hook_2026,
  title = {reaping hook},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/reaping%20hook},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}