spademan

noun

Etymology

From spade + -man.

  1. inherited from *spadô
  2. inherited from spada
  3. inherited from spade
  4. suffixed as spademan — “spade + man

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of spade man.

    • The earth of this under stratum furrow a number of spademen threw into the old original furrow.
    • This spade is sharp as hone can make it; the spademan's feet are shoeless; the thing he stands on will sometimes irresistibly slide away from him, like a sledge.
    • All the chiefs and greater men landed with a sufficient number of spademen to assist them with the work, while the others lay off in the ships and watched in silence.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA