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mattock

mat·tock

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NOUN:

A digging tool with a flat blade set at right angles to the handle.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English mattuc, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *matteca, club akin to *mattea ; see mace ¹

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