Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fork used in moving stable-manure. Also
muck-fork . - noun In entomology, a pointed or forked process upon which tho larvæ of certain coleopterous insects carry about their own excrement, as in the genera Cassida, Coptocycla, and the like. See cut under
Coptocycla .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A fork for tossing dung.
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- noun A
fork fortossing dung .
Etymologies
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Examples
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John for his part was not backward, but gave himself the most wonderful airs of secrecy and importance, till half the parish began to think that the affairs of the nation were in his hand, and he scorned the sight of a dungfork.
Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004
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To go to communion worthily gives God great glory, but a man with a dungfork in his hand, a woman with a slop-pail, give him glory too.
a not so stunning conclusion youareokok 2004
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To lift up the hands in prayer gives God glory, but a man with a dungfork in his hand, a woman with a sloppail, give him glory too. he is so great that all things give him glory if you mean they should.
good quote dudemanflab 2004
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John for his part was not backward, but gave himself the most wonderful airs of secrecy and importance, till half the parish began to think that the affairs of the nation were in his hand, and he scorned the sight of a dungfork.
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B.A., described in the calendar as a mixer and wordpainter, with part of a sivispacem (Gaeltact for dungfork) on the fair green at the hour of twenty-four o’clock sought (the bullycassidy of the friedhoffer!) to sack, sock, stab and slaughter singlehanded another two of the old kings, Gush Mac Gale and Roaring
Finnegans Wake 2006
frogapplause commented on the word dungfork
Not to be confused with the dungspork.
September 24, 2010