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scuffle

/ˈskʌfəl/ sustantivo C2

En español: azada holandesa

  1. A type of hoe, manipulated by both pushing and pulling, with a sharp blade parallel with the worked surface; an instance of this type. · Near-synonyms: collinear hoe, collineal hoe (loosely synonymous)

Plural scuffles

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All of a sudden Robbers rushed upon them from their hiding-places, and in the scuffle with their owners, wounded with a sword the Mule carrying the treasure, which they greedily seized while taking no notice of the grain.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 95 · B2
I heard oaths and the confused sounds of a scuffle.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 63 · B2
He dogs the fellow, he sees him enter a house, he waits outside for him, and in the scuffle he receives his own death-wound.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 85 · C1
There he was dogged by his confederate, who held Beppo responsible for the loss of the pearl, and he stabbed him in the scuffle which followed.”
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 96 · C1

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