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  • n  a kind of pick that is used for digging; has a flat blade set at right angles to the handle

  • With the fortitude of men who have sown for other men's reaping the greens-gang of Oakmont Country Club (Pittsburgh) last week laid away mower, mattock and weeding knife.
  • First the tree trunk is scooped out with a mattock and fire, then chipped with a hand-ax and machete, finally scraped with a piece of broken glass until it is as smooth as a wooden .
  • Into the storm an Indian leans, and with his mattock chops a hopeless furrow which the wind fills silently behind him.
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  • Woman Fights BET for Facebook Page Created for ‘The Game’ Return to TV
    *BET has made major changes since being sold to Viacom. The channel’s original programming was upgraded and they’ve been on the receiving end of their best ratings ever. “The Game” is one of the shows obtained by the network after the show was cancelled on the CW. But, Stacey Mattocks, a one-woman marketing team that [...]
    July 25, 2013 - EURweb
Quotes

  • Stuart Pearce in Sportinglife.com
    Pearce said: "Not so much Sinclair. You might look at Bertrand, who was in that category. I had Joe Mattock step up who was behind him in the under-19s. I speak with the under-19s manager and he tells me who is available for selection and who isn't....
  • Ian Holloway in Teamtalk.com
    I don't deal with speculation. It is the maddest time of the year but it means we have some half-decent players if people are talking about them,Holloway told the Leicester Mercury. "Joe Mattock is a very good player - and a Leicester City...

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