The smallest species, commonly known in English as the long-tailed or Buffon's generally likened to the marlinespike that is identified with the boatswain's position; but perhaps the authoritative character assumed by both bird and officer originally suggested the name.   anvd [Please select]

The pay was never fixed by a board of delegates, one half of whom could not tell a marlinespike from a monkey-wrench.   anvd [Please select]

Oliver had also armed himself with a marlinespike in default of a better weapon.   anvd [Please select]

Then he set to work to jam down sail cloth and oakum between this barrier and the plank that had started, driving it down with a marlinespike and mallet.   anvd [Please select]

"There, we are all right now," said Lawry, after he had tried the marlinespike several times to satisfy himself that it could be easily drawn from its place.   anvd [Please select]