ballpeen hammer


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ballpeen hammer

(ˈbɔːlˌpiːn)
n
(Tools) a hammer that has one end of its head shaped in a hemisphere for beating metal, etc
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There, like a cornerstone, was engraved "G Sims, 1969." During the same month that man first walked on the moon, a 17-year-old kid had carved that inscription with a ballpeen hammer and a file while he was supposed to be fixing a flat tire for a customer.
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