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Meanings of little spade in English

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Usage of little spade in English
1
We will dig in the sand with this little spade.
McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition
2
Our implements showed some originality and diversity: a little spade, a biscuit-tin, and a cooker.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition...
3
A little spade-work soon turns suspicion into certainty.
Bramble-Bees and Others
4
Seizing the little spade, London Bill threw a handful into the water; it was instantly dissolved and washed away.
The President: A Novel
5
The sliding down of the crumbling rock constantly carries away the path, but a little spade-work soon makes the track firm again.
Yorkshire
6
Lady Gwendolen was occupied in digging a hole in the ground with a little spade, and paid no attention to the nurses.
Wandering Ghosts
7
The old shoulders would shake, the face crinkle into a raisin, and the little spade of gray beard heave to the springy laughter.
Star-Dust: A Story of an American Girl
8
Thousands of years later the anthropologist (ask your father what that means) comes along with his little spade and his wheelbarrow.
Ancient Man: The Beginning of Civilizations
9
He had three little rakes, three little hoes, and three little spades.
Seven O'Clock Stories
10
And there, marching sturdily along, were about thirty Dwarfs, all with their little spades and mattocks over their shoulders.
Last battle
11
'Once he had been digging with his little spade among the fine grey gravel silted up here and there among the hollows of the rocks.
The History of David Grieve
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