front-end loader
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of front-end loader
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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The city brought in a front-end loader to smooth out the land and pick up items from the ground.
From Seattle Times
People were searching the debris when a cleric asked them to start digging graves, and it took a day to dig enough with a front-end loader, a bulldozer and many people.
From Seattle Times
Kazi Mohammad was using a snowblower in the driveway of a rental property trapped by a four-foot snow bank, dumped there by a front-end loader.
From Washington Post
HUWARA, West Bank — As an Israeli Army front-end loader approached, the Palestinian mayor tried one last time to stop the soldiers from blocking an intersection in Huwara, his town in the northern West Bank.
From New York Times
Pinellas County Sheriff’s Deputy Brian Hartwick was killed Thursday evening by a front-end loader while providing traffic safety for construction crews on I-275.
From Washington Times
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