swoe
English
Etymology
A trademark of Wilkinson Sword, from Blend of sword + hoe.
Noun
swoe (plural swoes)
- A kind of cutting hoe with sharp edges.
- 1966, The Rose Annual
- I approached the new light hoes, swoes and other garden tools with some degree of scepticism, feeling that weight aided the cutting down operation. After two summers I am quite converted, especially as I am two years older.
- 2007 July 26, Anne Raver, “Recognizing Those Who Keep Brooklyn in Bloom”, in New York Times[1]:
- (She told me I must buy a swoe, a long-handled weeder sold by Fiskars, that changed her life.)
- 1966, The Rose Annual