plowshare
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of plowshare
First recorded in 1350–1400, plowshare is from the Middle English word plowghschare. See plow, share 2
Example Sentences
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“To beat the sword into a plowshare, you need a hammer,” he told St. Louis magazine in 2010.
From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2022
Leaves remembering, sudden as a name Recalled from nowhere, remembering morning, Fresh wind in high grass, cricket on plowshare, Whisper of stream in the green-shadowed place, Thrush and tanager keeping season.
From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2019
A pair of sword and plowshare earrings — a reference, Thum said in a phone interview Wednesday, to the biblical admonition to beat swords into plowshares — goes for $225.
From Chicago Tribune • Oct. 15, 2014
To cut a girl's birth pains, a granny lays a whetted axe beside a plowshare under the bed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Made of cast iron, the plowshare was shaped like a V, with the blade carving into the ground and the two arms arcing away like gull wings.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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