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• Labour has begun to redress the balance, but there is still a long row to hoe.2009 April 11, Hanif Kureishi, “Margaret Thatcher: Acceptable in the 80s?”, in The Guardian, UK, retrieved 23 Jul 2014. From the entry long row to hoe
• “They have a long row to hoe for recovery,” said Richard Koss.1997 November 29, “Dollar Nears 5-Year High Against the Yen”, in New York Times, retrieved 23 Jul 2014. From the entry long row to hoe
• The hoe banged against a spade on the wall, making a loud "ching!"1992, Paul McCusker, The Secret Cave of Robinwood, Focus on the Family Publishing, published 1992, →ISBN, page 40. From the entry ching
• Sword and spear offered a better living than hoe or plough-hook.1972, Vilhelm Moberg, History of the Swedish people, page 61. From the entry lotless
• Paul went joyfully, and spent the afternoon helping to hoe or to single turnips with his friend.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 7, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC. From the entry single
• For the men would say I had to help you hoe your row.”1911, Hugh Pendexter, The Young Timber-cruisers; or, Fighting the Spruce Pirates, =chapter 2. From the entry hoe one's row
• Now I needed some support to keep this trifling hoe focused on getting bond money to get me out of jail.2020 January 31, Donald Boone, Beast Master, Newman Springs Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry trifling
• They say you can't turn a hoe into a housewife.2012 June 26, Ronnie Bo, The Trap, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, Enlightment, page 55. From the entry you can't turn a hoe into a housewife
• Cop and blow, no love for a hoe.2010, Angelo M. Schell, Emotional: My Day to Day Book of Bipolar Poetry, page 35. From the entry cop and blow
• Try, for instance, a warren hoe with its triangular-shaped head.1994, Janeen R. Adil, Accessible Gardening for People with Physical Disabilities, page 135. From the entry warren hoe
• How about, "There're maybe a couple million of us, and we have a tough row to hoe, brother.1986, Samuel R. Delany, Joseph Beam, “The Possibility of Possibilities”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page…. From the entry row to hoe
• You probably don't know what callithump is, but you will find out if you undertake to hoe sod-ground potatoes in July.1919, Albert Bigelow Paine, Dwellers in Arcady: The Story of an Abandoned Farm. From the entry callithump
• The Warren hoe is especially useful in drawing furrows.1918, Hugh Findlay, Practical Gardening, page 42. From the entry warren hoe
• My pimp vision enabled me to see that no hoe in my stable would be more worthy of the game than my young turnout red-bones.2013, Noble Dee, Pimp: Reflection of My Life, page 167. From the entry stable
• While any hoe you can easily draw through the dirt can make you a furrow, some designs are better suited for this purpose than others.1994, Janeen R. Adil, Accessible Gardening for People with Physical Disabilities, page 135. From the entry warren hoe
• There are many different kinds of hoes and hand-weeding tools on the market, but my favorites are the Warren hoe and the hand cultivator.1990, Jerry Baker, Jerry Baker's Flowering Garden, page 116. From the entry warren hoe
• A smile spread slowly across Bluey′s red-whiskered face as the boy went to find his hoe, the one Dad had given him to start a garden in the bush.2010, Jeff McMullen, A Life of Extremes, unnumbered page. From the entry bluey
• Some peasants may have come to teach them how to use a hoe and when to plant, but most of their contacts were with other city people.[1978, Lynn T. White, III, “Citizenship Incentives”, in Careers in Shanghai: The Social Guidance of Personal Energies in a Developing…. From the entry Nanshi
• I leaned on the hoe, in classic pose, and watched the cowbird try to bust his buttons in that agonizing split whistle which is his serenade to the madam.1951 April, John H. Day, “The Breath of April”, in Pennsylvania Game News, volume XXII, number 1, Pennsylvania Game Commission, page 27…. From the entry madam

Meaning of hoe

1. noun An agricultural and horticultural hand tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows or removing weeds by hand.
2. noun Any of several implements or machines usually called by their more specific names, for example, backhoe.
3. verb To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool.

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Questions about hoe in a sentence

How do you use hoe in a sentence?

Hoe is used as a noun and verb. For example: “For their organic row crops, they do the weeding with hoes. They get in there often, but it goes fast, and the weeds never get ahead.”

What is a short sentence with hoe?

“McGregor hoeing onions.”

What does hoe mean?

Hoe means an agricultural and horticultural hand tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows or removing weeds by hand.