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The quantity a shovel can hold.
shovel
shovelful
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shovel
shovelful
1
If Molly needed help with the
shovel
work, Ali would step in.
2
An aide said: It is a misnomer to talk about
shovel
-
ready
projects.
3
Others just need some small tools like a saw or a
shovel
.
4
During the recession, Hillwood bought
shovel
-
ready
land from cash strapped home builders.
5
Rose saw Sam coming up the hill, a
shovel
in one hand.
1
Even Holmes threw in a
shovelful
despite his place atop the leaderboard.
2
Pete dumped another
shovelful
into the wheelbarrow, the odor filling the air.
3
Scooping up a
shovelful
of snow he heaved it into the street.
4
Lindy dug into the pile and heaved up a
shovelful
of dirt.
5
Each Quraiter who survived threw a
shovelful
of dirt into the hole.
1
Then came a heavy
spadeful
of earth again from the narrow house.
2
She asked Norma Reyes to help her overturn the first
spadeful
of earth.
3
When a
spadeful
of the clay was turned up it glittered all over.
4
And with each
spadeful
he bent over and examined the clay very carefully.
5
And have it done thoroughly, every
spadeful
turned completely and every inch dug.
6
Who bears affection for this or that
spadeful
of mud in my garden?
7
He bent down, got another
spadeful
of earth, and reluctantly threw it in.
8
He got another
spadeful
,
not a very big one, and threw it in.
9
He took a
spadeful
of earth and threw it, ceremoniously, into the hole.
10
Each
spadeful
was safety for another inch of his body.
11
At first Dr. Schliemann and his wife had fingered over every
spadeful
of dirt.
12
Samson, sprinkle another
spadeful
of manure on that bridal-wreath bush over thar by the porch.
13
Dannie turned another
spadeful
of earth and studied the premises, while Jimmy gathered the worms.
14
Then a
spadeful
of earth was dropped upon his chest and he was dead-living dead.
15
Another
spadeful
out and they could be plainly seen.
16
Now each man looked over every
spadeful
of earth himself, as he dug it up.
spadeful
first spadeful
get another spadeful
turn a spadeful
clean spadeful
heavy spadeful
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