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spadesman

noun

Etymology

From spade + -s- + -man.

  1. inherited from *spadô✻
  2. inherited from spada
  3. inherited from spade
  4. formed as spadesman — “spade + -s- + -man”

Definitions

  1. A man who uses a spade or shovel.

    • So Dawkins' pick swung up and down again, up and down, and at every few strokes the spadesmen at his left or right stooped hurriedly and pulled from the deepening hole a fresh lump of silver.

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