spade-man

Noun

spade man (plural spade men)

1. A man who works with a spade.
   • Keep up cultivation and hoeing until it freezes and then give them a good coat of mulch, then trust to God for the balance, and He will, I assure you, reward your efforts with berries that will capture and hold any market you desire to put them in at from one-half to one-third more per quart than...1907, Annual Report of the Indiana State Board of Agriculture, page 429