quarry
noun
an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.
have been quarrying
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present perfect progressiveof quarry.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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I have been quarrying, and draining, and clearing, and I don't know what all.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. by Various
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