groundkeeper
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of groundkeeper
Example Sentences
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One of the great ironies of our time-all right, a slight exaggeration-is that the 66-year-old Toma, a groundkeeper so renowned he has his own autographed rake, presided over a carpet all these years.
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The grass may be greener indoors, but for that we have to thank some faceless chemical conglomerate, not Pops the groundkeeper.
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At the Hotel Valadalen in Jamtland Province, Sweden, where he is a groundkeeper, guests had taken up a collection to help finance his trip to Boston; he couldn't let them down.
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Steve Lowe, groundkeeper for the Claremont School District, says players have had many fewer injuries on the synthetic field.
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I caught sight of the quaking groundkeeper animatronic from the corner of my eye and startled.
From Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Doctorow, Cory
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