Citations:block and tackle

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• 1959, The Next One Hundred Years in Forestry: Proceedings‎^[1], page 7:

  Up until this period, the woods had to some degree resisted hand logging, logging with dirty, slow, expensive oxen, too much block and tackle, and manpower.

• 1954, Bulletin‎^[2], volumes 37-42, AFL-CIO, page 35:

  Fast amphibious combat requires fast cargo movement . . . less block and tackle and more roll-on, roll-off.

• 1933, American Exporter‎^[3], volumes 112-113, page 26:

  Various sizes of tractors are used on this work and where more power is needed, the more block and tackle is used.