Perhaps it was like the old sledge hammer to kill an ant, but it seemed to get his attention, though he vehemently denied it after conveniently having his best game of the season.
From the latimes.com
I was in jeans, and riding an old-fashioned wooden sledge.
From the guardian.co.uk
Holding a wooden sledge and wearing sunglasses, the 31-year-old Duchess wore a brown snug jacket and warm looking boots.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
He found that using a sledge hammer to break out the old patio produced pieces of concrete that were not uniform in size and difficult to reassemble.
From the post-gazette.com
So earlier in the week, together with my 75-year-old parents, we smashed up the triangle of concrete with a pickaxe and sledge hammer.
From the gazetteherald.co.uk
For my base course, I've used recycled old, broken up concrete topped with some left over builders'mix, then compacted it with a sledge hammer.