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shovelful
[ shuhv-uhl-fool ]
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shovelful1
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Example Sentences
Archeologists call this report “the final shovelful of dirt” on the European hypothesis.
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Pray to God for mercy until the last shovelful of earth is cast upon thy grave.
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She took her little fire-shovel, and began to take up the coal, a shovelful at a time, and carry it into the cellar.
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Each man had a small wooden platter, into which another slave, who stood behind him, put a shovelful of purified cascalho.
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Apples and oranges were put upon the table and a shovelful of chestnuts on the fire.
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One man rams it into the ground, and the other two (by means of ropes attached) jerk out the shovelful of earth!
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