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Topic: TOOLS

Date: 1400-1500
Origin: sledge 'sledgehammer' (11-21 centuries) (from Old English slecg) + hammer

sledgehammer

 noun
     
sledge‧ham‧mer [countable]
TZ a large heavy hammer
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