Spadeworker
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From spadework + -er or spade + worker.
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