dung fork

noun

A manure fork.

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Meanings

noundung fork (plural dung forks)

plural dung forks

  1. A manure fork.

    The boy happened to be in the cow-house when this happened, and when he saw the Nis's leg hanging down, he took up a dung fork, and gave him with it a smart rap on the leg.

    1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 146
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APA

dung fork. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dung%20fork

MLA

“dung fork.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dung%20fork. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dung fork,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dung%20fork.

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