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creeper spike
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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one of a number of sharp spikes set into an iron plate that fits over a shoe or boot, or set in the sole of the boot itself; also, the fitted patten.
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1910
The logs rolled, groaned, and heaved beneath them and Thurston, trusting to the creeper spikes upon his heels, sprang from one great tree trunk to another behind his companion, who had a longer experience of the perilous work of log-driving.