shovelful
[ shuhv-uhl-fool ]
Origin of shovelful
1usage note For shovelful
See -ful.
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How to use shovelful in a sentence
Archeologists call this report “the final shovelful of dirt” on the European hypothesis.
Incontrovertible Evidence Proves the First Americans Came From Asia | Doug Peacock | March 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPray to God for mercy until the last shovelful of earth is cast upon thy grave.
She took her little fire-shovel, and began to take up the coal, a shovelful at a time, and carry it into the cellar.
Choice Readings for the Home Circle | AnonymousEach man had a small wooden platter, into which another slave, who stood behind him, put a shovelful of purified cascalho.
Martin Rattler | R.M. BallantyneApples and oranges were put upon the table and a shovelful of chestnuts on the fire.
One man rams it into the ground, and the other two (by means of ropes attached) jerk out the shovelful of earth!
Where Half The World Is Waking Up | Clarence Poe
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