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- noun Plural form of
axman .
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Examples
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At 2:32, Matthew got an email saying his meeting with Knolton and his axmen had been canceled.
The Cure for Modern Life Lisa Tucker 2008
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At 2:32, Matthew got an email saying his meeting with Knolton and his axmen had been canceled.
The Cure for Modern Life Lisa Tucker 2008
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Others were instructed to use their shields to protect the axmen, “all of which they carried out very promptly.”
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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Boone led about thirty axmen through the wilderness to clear a path, which eventually became a route to the new frontier and was called the Wilderness Road.
History of American Women Maggiemac 2008
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Others were instructed to use their shields to protect the axmen, “all of which they carried out very promptly.”
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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At 2:32, Matthew got an email saying his meeting with Knolton and his axmen had been canceled.
The Cure for Modern Life Lisa Tucker 2008
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One more locked door, which the axmen following him would splinter in a few heartbeats.
Shield of Thunder Gemmell, David 2006
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The axmen were ordered up, and while they were clearing away the obstructions I rode ahead with the cavalry to the summit, and some four miles on the ridge beyond.
The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer John Beatty
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I have a hundred axmen in my charge, felling timber on the mountain, and constructing rough breastworks to protect our left flank.
The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer John Beatty
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Cutting down trees in a hurry is one thing, but cutting them down in face of hidden rifle-fire is most decidedly another, especially when the axmen have been promised there will be no reprisals.
The Eye of Zeitoon Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920
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