spadeworker
spadeworker noun: one who does spadework, now especially in the figurative sense of preparatory work.
Noun
spadeworker (plural spadeworkers)
- One who does spadework, now especially in the figurative sense of preparatory work.
- Like master like man. The peasants and artisans follow their neighbors; the spade-workers voting with Bismarck and Falkenstein, the hand-workers with Jacoby and Rosenkranz.1868, William Hepworth Dixon, chapter 4, in Spiritual Wives, London: Hurst & Blackett, page 37
- […] potato-growing can evidently be more profitably followed by producers on a large scale, having all the advantages of labour-saving appliances, than by market-gardeners, allotment-holders, and other spade-workers on comparatively small line.1906, Edwin A. Pratt, chapter 10, in The Transition in Agriculture, London: John Murray, page 116
Forms of spadeworker
| plural | spadeworkers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | spade-worker |
Origin of spadeworker
From spadework + -er or spade + worker.
Questions about spadeworker
- What does spadeworker mean?
- Spadeworker means one who does spadework, now especially in the figurative sense of preparatory work.
- What part of speech is spadeworker?
- Spadeworker is a noun.
- What is the plural of spadeworker?
- The plural of spadeworker is spadeworkers.
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