spadeful
[speyd-foo l]
- the amount that can be dug out with or carried on a spade.
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Origin of spadeful
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Then a spadeful of earth was dropped upon his chest and he was dead-living dead.
The Cruise of the SnarkJack London
When a spadeful of the clay was turned up it glittered all over.
It Is Never Too Late to MendCharles Reade
One spadeful more, and up it bubbled—a little spring, but a strong one.
Star of MerciaBlanche Devereux
Spadeful after spadeful of earth was thrown out, but still the bottom was not reached.
A Noble WomanAnn S. Stephens
It was hard to cast the first spadeful of earth upon the coffin.
Marguerite De RobervalT. G. Marquis