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Katherine dropped the sugar scoop with which she had been shovelling out brown sugar, and, crossing over to where Miles was standing, gave him a hearty hug and a resounding kiss.

From A Countess from Canada A Story of Life in the Backwoods by Marchant, Bessie

You were as cool and as quiet as if you had been shovelling sand.

From Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia by Paget, Walter

We had been shovelling for an hour and more.

From Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

His face and hands were dirty, but he had been shovelling coal; but such speech Shirley had never heard from mariners' lips.

From Mrs. Cliff's Yacht by Stockton, Frank Richard

Pat, who had been shovelling coal all day, had gone home, and Clam had gone upon the Reindeer to cook supper.

From John Barleycorn by London, Jack