slane
(Ireland) A one-eared spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron flat-bladed head and a long wooden shaft.
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(Ireland) A one-eared spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron flat-bladed head and a long wooden shaft.
Little McTiernan at the Door is giving out short-handl’d Peat-Cutters styl’d, by the Irish, ‘Slanes’.
“Update: v zahvalo sva prijaznemu gospodu prinesla cokoladne palcke, on pa nama je nato zjutraj podaril slane prigrizke. Zdaj smo ocitno vzpostavili izmenjevalnico dobrin 😂 Kaj mu prineseva naslednjo rundo?”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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