Sickles
Proper noun
Meaning
A surname from German.
An unincorporated community in Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States.
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Examples
Although Sickles is respected for his drawing, a recent excellent collection of his work reminds us that Sickles also painted with the wisdom and control of a zen master.
Early on May 3, Hooker ordered Sickles to move from Hazel Grove to a new position on the Plank Road.
Between 11 p.m. and midnight, Sickles organized an assault north from Hazel Grove toward the Plank Road, but called it off when his men began suffering artillery and rifle fire from the XII Corps.
On November 8, a Tamil Nadu Journalist named(Tamizhan TV) was attacked with sickles for reporting on illegal land and ganja sale.
Mistaking them to be robbers or kidnappers, a huge mob of over 800 tribals and villagers pounced on them with stones, sticks and sickles, and the trio later succumbed to grievous injuries -- sparking a nationwide political furore.
Nicholson (2000) p. 514 From March to May, farmers used sickles to harvest their crops, which were then threshed with a flail to separate the straw from the grain.