Definition of Posthole digger

1. Noun. A shovel used to sink postholes.

Exact synonyms: Post-hole Digger
Generic synonyms: Shovel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Posthole Digger

posthaste
posthastes
posthearing
postheat
postheats
posthegemony
posthemorrhagic
postheroic
postherpes
postherpetic
posthetomy
posthitis
posthockery
postholder
posthole
posthole digger (current term)
postholes
postholiday
postholocaust
posthorn
posthorns
posthospital
posthouse
posthouses
posthuman
posthumans
posthumous
posthumous birth
posthumous execution
posthumous executions

Literary usage of Posthole digger

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. C3I: Issues of Command and Control edited by Thomas P. Coakley (1991)
"Invariably some farmer using a posthole digger would punch a hole in the cable; and gophers, it turned out, loved to eat lead; they'd eat holes in the stuff ..."

2. Topographic Instructions of the United States Geological Survey by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1913)
"One posthole digger. Stone drills (ij-inch bit). Character of lines. — Primary levels should be run as single lines in circuits wherever practicable, ..."

3. Trade Tests in Education by Herbert Anderson Toops (1921)
"A doubletree is part of a (harness, wagon, sprayer, posthole-digger) . . 2 48. Ditching can be done most easily in (spring, summer, autumn, winter) 1 49. ..."

4. Trade Tests in Education by Herbert Anderson Toops (1921)
"A doubletree is part of a (harness, wagon, sprayer, posthole-digger) . . 2 48. Ditching can be done most easily in (spring, summer, autumn, winter) 1 49. ..."

5. Trade Tests in Education by Herbert Anderson Toops (1921)
"A doubletree is part of a (harness, wagon, sprayer, posthole-digger) . . 2 48. Ditching can be done most easily in (spring, summer, autumn, winter) i 49. ..."

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