trowel
noun
any of various tools having a flat blade with a handle, used for depositing and working mortar, plaster, etc.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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All through the summer he has troweled vigorously, whenever he could snatch the time, assisted by his hodcarrying daughters, Sarah, Diana.
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