Definition of Shovelful. Meaning of Shovelful. Synonyms of Shovelful

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Definition of Shovelful

Shovelful
Shovelful Shov"el*ful, n.; pl. Shovelfuls. As much as a shovel will hold; enough to fill a shovel.

Meaning of Shovelful from wikipedia

- Laurent, premier Leslie Frost and various U.S. officials turned the first shovelful of earth in Maple Grove. Jeremiah French came from Vermont and arrived...
- shovel of a police riot-control vehicle, which continually scoops up shovelfuls of people in the crowd and swivels to dump them for disposal. In researching...
- Poster by the United States Fuel Administration during World War One: "Uncle Sam needs that extra shovelful"...
- carefully the stones were spread on the surface over a sizeable space, one shovelful at a time. McAdam directed that no substance that would absorb water and...
- the Grim Reaper. Final comment: you take this with a grain of salt or a shovelful of earth, as shadow or substance, we leave it up to you. And for any further...
- pristine mountain valley and digs for gold in a gr****y meadow. He pans shovelfuls of dirt to count gold specks, then digs a deeper hole once he has triangulated...
- grave-digger, as he threw a shovelful of earth into the box. Mr. Wood looked into the grave, said “Humph,” and walked away. Another shovelful of earth and some...
- "What lay on the pillow was a charnel house, a heap of pus and blood, a shovelful of putrid flesh. The pustules had invaded the whole face, so that one...
- respects its shaggy dog TV roots but is smart enough to add dashes, not shovelfuls, of wry pop-culture and movie references." Michael Phillips of the Chicago...
- criticized its "glaringly gaudy" approach of "using shocking words by the shovelful and concentrating on perverted degeneracy to a flagrant degree." A review...