Illustration of peavey
variants
or peavy
plural peaveys or peavies
: a lumberman's lever that has a pivoting hooked arm and metal spike at one end
called also cant dog
compare cant hook
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On the river itself, men wielding pikes, axes and peavey sticks walk out on the accumulating debris attempting to loosen it.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2025
Principal tools of a riverjack are his pike pole and peavey.
—Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2019
The peavey is a five-foot tool with a hook at the end used principally for turning logs over.
—Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2019
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2025
Principal tools of a riverjack are his pike pole and peavey.
—Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2019
The peavey is a five-foot tool with a hook at the end used principally for turning logs over.
—Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2019
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“Peavey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peavey. Accessed 25 Jun. 2025.
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