spreader-ditcher

[ spred-er-dich-er ]

/ ˈsprɛd ərˈdɪtʃ ər /

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noun Railroads.

a machine for shaping and cleaning roadbeds and ditches and for freeing tracks of ice and snow by plowing and digging.

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How to use spreader-ditcher in a sentence

The event was a devastating one for Sierra Leone, deemed a “super-spreader” by The New York Times.
Jail Threats for Sierra Leone Ebola Victims’ Families|Abby Haglage|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A couple of foggers and milkers, a hedger and ditcher, two or three women at times, and there is the end.
The Hills and the Vale|Richard Jefferies
Thou wast a Valacrone in Varinsey, cunning as a fox, a spreader of lies.
The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson|Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson
The spreader is usually stationed in the nearest side track to the unloading place.
Steam Shovels and Steam Shovel Work|E. A. Hermann

The other method, called the spreader method, was more intricate.
America's Munitions 1917-1918|Benedict Crowell
Then you will be talked of by all the town as a spreader of false reports,—in short, Ferdinand loves another.
Love and Intrigue|Friedrich Schiller