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  • But as the lurkers in the trees signalled along their half seen ranks and closed all together in a sudden surge into the open at the edge of the ford, one man rose out of the bushes opposite and bestrode the grassy shelf of the shore, brandishing a long, two-tined pikel lashed to a six-foot pole, and sweeping the ford with it at breast height.

    A Caregiver's Homage To The Very Old 2010

  • In the meantime, Eumolpus, locked out as he was, was being very roughly handled by the cooks and scullions of the establishment; one aimed a spitful of hissing-hot guts at his eyes; another grabbed a two-tined fork in the pantry and put himself on guard.

    Satyricon 2007

  • “By all means,” Jetanien said, spearing another keesa beetle with the two-tined fork clutched in his clawed hand.

    Harbinger DAVID MACK 2005

  • “By all means,” Jetanien said, spearing another keesa beetle with the two-tined fork clutched in his clawed hand.

    Harbinger DAVID MACK 2005

  • The scribe reached to his belt, producing a ring on which hung an intricate golden object It was not shaped like a key but like a slender, two-tined fork.

    Chosen Of The Gods Pierson, Chris 2001

  • In his hand, glowing slightly, was a two-tined fishing spear.

    The Covenant of the Forge Parkinson, Dan 1993

  • In his hand, glowing slightly, was a two-tined fishing spear.

    The Covenant of the Forge Parkinson, Dan 1993

  • But the two-tined fork they would regard with curiosity, for forks were not used, even in

    The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth Agnes Rothery

  • This last is nothing very wonderful to an American, but is remarkable in France, where the average cook usually does the work quite as efficiently with a two-tined fork, or something which greatly resembles a chop-stick.

    The Automobilist Abroad

  • In the meantime, Eumolpus, locked out as he was, was being very roughly handled by the cooks and scullions of the establishment; one aimed a spitful of hissing-hot guts at his eyes; another grabbed a two-tined fork in the pantry and put himself on guard.

    The Satyricon — Complete 20-66 Petronius Arbiter

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