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Recent Examples of tridentsHoosiers can hunt frogs with bow and arrows, clubs, some firearms, or simply, their hands, but Plumier teaches those gathered at Goose Pond how to use gigs — long, multi-pronged spears that look a little bit like tridents.—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tridents
spears
Noun
Or some good ol’ corn on the cob, or long broccolini spears.
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Ann Taylor Pittman,
Southern Living,
25 Sep. 2025
Hoosiers can hunt frogs with bow and arrows, clubs, some firearms, or simply, their hands, but Plumier teaches those gathered at Goose Pond how to use gigs — long, multi-pronged spears that look a little bit like tridents.
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