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288:"Pitchfork" Pat Buchanan
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284:"Pitchfork" Ben Tillman
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799:Wheelbarrow
667:Garden fork
465:February 4,
365:Garden fork
158:garden fork
126:garden fork
108:Description
100:, the term
70:garden fork
991:Categories
850:Lawn mower
825:Dethatcher
820:Cultivator
804:Wood auger
630:Hand tools
436:August 26,
399:August 26,
376:References
326:caricature
248:Grant Wood
246:(1930) by
234:Grant Wood
120:next to a
727:Pitchfork
697:Hori hori
652:Broadfork
580:27 August
346:wields a
302:New Order
268:John Bull
39:pitchfork
30:Pitching
930:Forestry
920:Cleaning
881:Chainsaw
647:Billhook
417:(2009).
354:See also
322:animated
280:populist
254:Politics
43:hay fork
955:Masonry
945:Kitchen
722:Pickaxe
717:Mattock
712:Machete
707:Loppers
672:Grafter
370:Trident
314:trident
219:Artwork
187:History
181:compost
122:compost
98:Ireland
90:England
78:gardens
965:Mining
935:Garden
860:Plough
794:Weeder
784:Trowel
767:Sickle
762:Shovel
757:Scythe
752:Riddle
662:Dibber
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236:, 1930
201:harrow
193:Europe
177:manure
173:silage
154:bamboo
102:sprong
59:manure
970:Power
835:Edger
772:Spade
702:Kirpi
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344:Hades
334:angel
330:demon
328:of a
232:, by
169:straw
146:alloy
138:steel
134:tines
118:tines
94:prong
63:tines
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940:Hand
747:Rake
692:Homi
582:2019
549:2014
522:2014
490:ISBN
467:2016
438:2019
425:ISBN
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360:Fork
339:The
286:and
150:wood
74:soil
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777:Loy
687:Hoe
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