wedge
noun
a piece of hard material with two principal faces meeting in a sharply acute angle, for raising, holding, or splitting objects by applying a pounding or driving force, as from a hammer.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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They're ready to drop off, and James has been wedging them up till he's tired of it.
From Joe Wilson and His Mates by Henry Lawson