shoveler
noun
a person or thing that shovels.
Example Sentences
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The teal, the mallard, the widgeon, the shoveller, the canvasback—all mingled in the loud-voiced throng that arose before the leader's approach, then, like smoke, vanished with almost unbelievable swiftness into the hazy distance.
From Where the Trail Divides by Will Lillibridge
The door opened and a big fellow, another snow shoveller, came in hurriedly, letting in a burst of flying snow that sizzled on the hot stove.
From The Black Creek Stopping-House by Nellie L. McClung
One of the men of the unloading gang, a leather-faced grade shoveller who had helped to build the Nevada Short Line, had lagged behind the departing wagons to fill and light his pipe.
From The Real Man by Francis Lynde
The shoveller sprang from the platform and began clambering over the slippery, slimy rocks like a crab, his red shirt marked with the white "X" of his suspenders in relief against the blue water.
From The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women by Francis Hopkinson Smith
There is enough work to give constant employment to a cradler and a shoveller.
From Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining by John S. (John Shertzer) Hittell
