AUGER in a Sentence

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1. It was amazing what they could make just using an axe and an auger.
2. Meanwhile Calypso came back with some augers, so he bored holes with them and fitted the timbers together with bolts and rivets.

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 Meanings and Examples of AUGER
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auger
 n.  hand tool for boring holes; hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice
Classic Sentence:
1  Upon each side of the Pequod's quarter deck, and pretty close to the mizzen shrouds, there was an auger hole, bored about half an inch or so, into the plank.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 28. Ahab.
2  Meanwhile Calypso came back with some augers, so he bored holes with them and fitted the timbers together with bolts and rivets.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK V
Example Sentence:
1  It was amazing what they could make just using an axe and an auger.