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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pitchfork/ˈpɪtʃfɔːk/

▶noun a farm tool with a long handle and two sharp metal prongs, used for lifting hay. ▶verb

1 lift with a pitchfork.

2 thrust suddenly into an unexpected and difficult situation: he was pitchforked into the job for six months.

– origin ME: from earlier pickfork, influenced by pitch1 in the sense ‘throw’.

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