power shovel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of power shovel
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Video previously released by police showed dozens of searchers wearing rubber boots and protective clothing and face masks using long-tined rakes to examine material excavated from the landfill by a power shovel.
From Washington Times • Dec. 18, 2017
He absorbed knowledge from a broad range of fields with the efficiency of a power shovel scooping earth.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 29, 2011
A power shovel lacks drama, but there are always sidewalk superintendents around to watch.
From Time Magazine Archive
I need a man good-looking enough to pick up a dame who has a sense of class, but he's got to be tough enough to swap punches with a power shovel.
From Time Magazine Archive
These men, both reliable observers, stopped and saw the muskrat at a distance of two feet, where it took shelter under a power shovel parked beside the road.
From Mammals of Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Anderson, Sydney
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