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Meanings of shovel in in English

Eat a large amount of food quickly.

Earn large sums of money.

Usage of shovel in in English
1
Rose saw Sam coming up the hill, a shovel in one hand.
Rose in a storm
2
The boy is pushing a wheelbarrow with a yellow shovel in it.
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3
They regard him through puffy eyes and continue to shovel in pizza.
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4
He stuck the shovel in the ground and looked at his father.
Big city girl
5
The rain made it hard to get my shovel in the earth.
Labor Day
6
He put the shovel in the back and got in the car.
I Am Legend
7
Jack, dear, perhaps the gentleman has got a shovel in his car.
Casey Ryan
8
Taking a breath, he eased the shovel in front of the box.
Crooked letter, crooked letter
9
Then Durbeyfield began to shovel in the earth, and the children cried anew.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman
10
Erne scored two minutes later, using his backhand to shovel in a rebound.
Reuters
11
He had a shovel in his hand, and eyed it curiously.
The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories
12
Just back up the trucks and shovel in the money, why don't you?
The Irish Times
13
Enoch stood beside the grave, with the shovel in his hand.
Way Station
14
Blount arced the shovel in a roundhouse swing at her head.
Bones in Her Pocket
15
They began to shovel in the dirt and soon the boy had vanished.
Atonement
16
Every man had a shovel in his equipment and he made the dirt fly.
Fighting in France
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