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Definition of shovel-spear in English: shovel-spearnoun Australian An Aboriginal weapon with a wooden shaft and a rounded head made of used metal. the men jumped to their feet and reached for shovel-spears Example sentencesExamples - They would be all along the road with their shovel spears, tomahawks, and fire sticks.
- The Aborigines generally use a spear-thrower and a shovel-spear.
- They used to have that shovel-spear, and an axe for sugar beet, a long time ago.
- He chucked one shovel spear, a big long one too, and hit the woman right in the kidney.
- He put his big shovel spear down underneath the grass and looked around himself.
- I pulled out my shovel spear and hid myself in the bushes.
- It gave him time to grab his big shovel spear and roll into a sitting posture.
- He ambushed him from behind with a shovel-spear.
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