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- noun Plural form of
sickle . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
sickle .
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Examples
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I do not mean to intimate that all the sickles, that is, harvesters, are made on that portage strip, for if all the factories and coal lands
The French in the Heart of America John Finley 1901
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The remaining assets were few—some land, one horse, one cow, three sheep, twenty-five chickens, four rifles, three sickles.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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Doing my best to quell irrational fears of the few elderly souls I encountered, I concluded that they were in fact not intent on chasing me through the decaying cobblestone streets of N. that afternoon, moaning with crossed eyes, drool dripping from their chins, brandishing pitch forks, sabers, sickles, and torches, and I continued on my way.
Sullen Months, Möbius Strips Josef K. Strosche 2011
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The red flags are waving, hammers and sickles, CCCP.
The subject was her. He was the object. W.F. Lantry 2011
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As we frequently did after unloading our mowers and sickles and toiling for a while, we hid in the trees beside the road.
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Now that kind of talk is usually followed with quips about hammers and sickles and the glory of the Motherland.
Conan Neutron: The Occupy Movement Is Not a Bunch of Filthy Hippies, It's Something Brand New Conan Neutron 2011
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It might help a bit if the word were a real one, like galleons or sickles, but I think Zettons is ok.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Open Writing Forum 2009
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He attributed the improvement to the methodical pace at which the hooks or sickles are used to scrape the earth.
As Improvised Explosive Devices Evolve, Soldiers Work to Find New Methods to Detect Them Adam Entous 2011
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Some might have advocated the Matthew Bible's double alliteration "So they shall break their swords and spears to make scythes and saws thereof" Coverdale adds "sickles", but the crowding of sibilants wouldn't have survived reading aloud.
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As we frequently did after unloading our mowers and sickles and toiling for a while, we hid in the trees beside the road.
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