peavey
pronunciation
How to pronounce peavey in British English:
UK ['pi:vɪ]
How to pronounce peavey in American English:
US ['pivɪ]
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- Noun:
- a stout lever with a sharp spike; used for handling logs
Word Origin
- peavey (n.)
- "pointed cant hook," a lumbering hook, 1878, said to be named for a John Peavey, blacksmith in Bolivar, N.Y., who supposedly invented it c. 1872. Other sources ascribe it to a Joseph Peavey of Stillwater, Maine, and give a date of 1858.