1 purgatory hammer | Definition of purgatory hammer

purgatory hammer

noun

Definition of purgatory hammer

: a prehistoric stone hammer that was formerly popularly supposed to have been buried with the dead for use in knocking at the gates of purgatory

History and Etymology for purgatory hammer

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