Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
cant-hook , 1. Brockett.
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Examples
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He drove his cant-dog point into the floor of the porch and left the tool waggling slowly to and fro.
Joan of Arc of the North Woods Holman Day 1900
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Each man bore a tool of some sort, either ax, cant-dog, iron-shod peavey-stick, or cross-cut saw; and the moonshine flashed on the steel surfaces.
The Rainy Day Railroad War Holman Day 1900
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