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mattock 		mat·tock  audio  (mtk) KEY 

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 mace1



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