Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A flat, broad wooden shovel made for shoveling snow.

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Examples

  • I was proud to have him in my family even then: proud to know that acting was somehow in my genes, and proud to brag that my great uncle was "the snow-shovel guy in Home Alone."

    Lydian Blossom: Uncle Bob: "Acting Is Listening" Lydian Blossom 2011

  • I was proud to have him in my family even then: proud to know that acting was somehow in my genes, and proud to brag that my great uncle was "the snow-shovel guy in Home Alone."

    Lydian Blossom: Uncle Bob: "Acting Is Listening" Lydian Blossom 2011

  • No sense burning the extra gas in the summer in order to haul what's in my vehicle now: snacks and water, extra set of pak boots and heavy socks, insulated overalls, snow-shovel, salt, come-along, chain, CLEVIS (everyone forgets the clevis!), old set of used lifting straps to protect trees I winch from ...

    Who here carries an OH S(#* Bag in their vehicle? 2009

  • I was proud to have him in my family even then: proud to know that acting was somehow in my genes, and proud to brag that my great uncle was "the snow-shovel guy in Home Alone."

    Lydian Blossom: Uncle Bob: "Acting Is Listening" Lydian Blossom 2011

  • I was proud to have him in my family even then: proud to know that acting was somehow in my genes, and proud to brag that my great uncle was "the snow-shovel guy in Home Alone."

    Lydian Blossom: Uncle Bob: "Acting Is Listening" Lydian Blossom 2011

  • No sense burning the extra gas in the summer in order to haul what's in my vehicle now: snacks and water, extra set of pak boots and heavy socks, insulated overalls, snow-shovel, salt, come-along, chain, CLEVIS (everyone forgets the clevis!), old set of used lifting straps to protect trees I winch from ...

    Who here carries an OH S(#* Bag in their vehicle? 2009

  • When David Welles caught a snow-shovel thief on videotape, the Chicago resident took revenge.

    As Weather Worsens, So Do Manners Jennifer Levitz 2011

  • I was proud to have him in my family even then: proud to know that acting was somehow in my genes, and proud to brag that my great uncle was "the snow-shovel guy in Home Alone."

    Lydian Blossom: Uncle Bob: "Acting Is Listening" Lydian Blossom 2011

  • These spending categories don't fully explain the snow-shovel breakdown.

    Snowblind in Gotham 2010

  • For we may just as well confess it: we had forgotten to bring out a tool which is a commonplace necessity on a Polar expedition -- namely, a snow-shovel.

    The South Pole~ Preparing for Winter 2009

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