shoveler
noun
a person or thing that shovels.
Example Sentences
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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
In winter as a rule it became full of water and was a favourite haunt, especially at night, of flocks of teal, also duck of a few other kinds—widgeon, pintail, and shoveller.
From Far Away and Long Ago by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
She saw him rejoin his companion engineer near where lay the shoveller with the covered face, and the thought of the terrible accident depressed her.
From The Daughter of a Magnate by Frank H. (Frank Hamilton) Spearman
The field-cornet himself handled one of the spades, Hendrik the other, while Swartboy acted as shoveller, and filled the baskets as fast as Hans and Totty, assisted by Trüey and little Jan, could empty them.
From The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family by Mayne Reid
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
