Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
shoveler shoveler.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
shoveler .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a worker who shovels
- noun freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill
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Examples
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Cancer: The realization that you are a better cook, chef, and bottle washer than the local shoveller of foodstuffs will come to you suddenly early this week.
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Fair dos; they have mortgages and families to support; nevertheless I think that the humblest Bangladeshi shit-shoveller shows more integrity in the pursuit of his métier than the average Murdoch hack.
Archive 2009-09-01 Bystander 2009
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Fair dos; they have mortgages and families to support; nevertheless I think that the humblest Bangladeshi shit-shoveller shows more integrity in the pursuit of his métier than the average Murdoch hack.
His Master's Voice Bystander 2009
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Is the shoveller really just J Crew confusing his gofers for people?
Lazy Thursday Blues: Early Edition kludge 2006
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The output of a shoveller will vary depending on the density of the soil, the method used and the skill of the worker.
1.1. Survey of local conditions and site reconnaissance 1982
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When earth has to be thrown further than that of which a shoveller is capable, a relay may be established.
1.1. Survey of local conditions and site reconnaissance 1982
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A wheelbarrow pusher can complete a return journey of 30 m in each direction whilst a shoveller is filling a 50-litre barrow.
1.1. Survey of local conditions and site reconnaissance 1982
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There proved to be several varieties of duck among the countless flocks which I saw, notably mallard, teal, pochard, and shoveller.
A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil T. R. Swinburne
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The shoveller ducks are there, too fishing up with broad, flat beaks little crabs and such creatures as are in the mud, straining out mud and water, but swallowing the rest.
Stories of California Ella M. Sexton
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The merry men included the ice-carrier, the magnetician, the two wardens of the dogs, the snow-shoveller and coal-carrier and the storeman.
The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920
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