headache bar
n.— «Our tools were round-pointed shovels of the common variety and a 6-foot steel pry bar that weights about 20 pounds.…One swings the steel bard (my Dad taught me to call it a “headache bar”) on a vertical stroke like a pile driver.» —by Richard Manning A Good House Apr., 1993. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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