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Cleaving Tools Crossword Clue

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noun

• A cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block.

• A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow.

27%9 Having downed tools, down tools to hit harder
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26%4Cleaving tool
noun

• A woman; a wife, especially a Dutch or German one.

• A slovenly woman; a wench; a lusty woman.

• A big, fat woman; a slovenly, coarse, or untidy woman; a woman of low character.

• A cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block.

• A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow.

• A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower.

adjective

• Brittle; tender; crisp

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New York Times04 Apr 1997 Down 23
New York Times08 Jun 1984 Across 46
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