shingle
noun
a thin piece of wood, slate, metal, asbestos, or the like, usually oblong, laid in overlapping rows to cover the roofs and walls of buildings.
shingler
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a word derived from
shingle.
Example Sentences
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Sam says if he can't be a Congressman, he means to be a first-rate shingler, and get the job of shingling all the spires in the country.
From Harper's Young People, May 11, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
