hori-hori

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English[edit]

A hori-hori (dig-dig) or weeding knife.

Etymology[edit]

From Japanese, from ホリ (to dig).

Noun[edit]

hori-hori (plural hori-horis)

  1. (horticulture) A Japanese weeding knife
    • 2021 May 31, Alexandra Marvar, “The New Detectorists”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
      Detectorists may also carry headphones, a metal detecting shovel, hand tools such as a hori-hori (a serrated, steel hand shovel), a “finds pouch,” and a hand-held precision detector called a pinpointer.

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