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sledgehammer

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sledgehammer
a large heavy hammer with a long handle used with both hands for heavy work such as forging iron, breaking rocks, etc.

sledgehammer [′slej‚ham·ər]
(design engineering)
A large heavy hammer that is usually wielded with two hands; used for driving stakes or breaking stone.

sledgehammer, sledge
A large hammer having two faces; weighs up to 100 lb (45 kg); grasped with both hands.


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At my own writing-table, pushed into a corner and cumbered with little bottles, Joe now sat down to his great work, first choosing a pen from the pen-tray as if it were a chest of large tools, and tucking up his sleeves as if he were going to wield a crowbar or sledgehammer.
This time, in his blind frenzy, he came without a bottle, and that was all the bartender wanted--he met him halfway and floored him with a sledgehammer drive between the eyes.
 
 
 
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