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- noun Plural form of
battleaxe .
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Examples
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The hall was decorated with all manner of instruments of war—battleaxes, sharp-tipped pikes, swords, and shields.
The Tudors: King Takes Queen Elizabeth Massie 2010
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The hall was decorated with all manner of instruments of war—battleaxes, sharp-tipped pikes, swords, and shields.
The Tudors: King Takes Queen Elizabeth Massie 2010
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As ever, the chamber doors were guarded by two scarlet uniformed yeomen of the guard, their battleaxes and pikes in hand.
The Tudors: King Takes Queen Elizabeth Massie 2010
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The hall was decorated with all manner of instruments of war—battleaxes, sharp-tipped pikes, swords, and shields.
The Tudors: King Takes Queen Elizabeth Massie 2010
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As ever, the chamber doors were guarded by two scarlet uniformed yeomen of the guard, their battleaxes and pikes in hand.
The Tudors: King Takes Queen Elizabeth Massie 2010
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As ever, the chamber doors were guarded by two scarlet uniformed yeomen of the guard, their battleaxes and pikes in hand.
The Tudors: King Takes Queen Elizabeth Massie 2010
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Washington lawmakers are sharpening their pencils and their battleaxes today as they descend upon Olympia for the start of a most likely heated 2009 legislative session.
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They have preconceived notions about who writes what and why, and they wield their judgments like battleaxes.
A Warm Welcome or a Burning Conflict: Which are You Creating? 2008
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He cast desperately around him, the glow of the advancing fire growing all too bright, when he caught sight of a pair of antique battleaxes several hundred years old arranged in a display on the wall.
The Edge of Madness Michael Dobbs 2008
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It's the difference between two neighbourhood battleaxes leaning over their kitchen tables dishing the dirt about the slut who just died next door, and the housemaid eavesdropping, who thinks the slut was a bit of an all right, if rather barmy, bless her soul.
Anna. Ann Althouse 2007
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