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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

- Poster by the United States Fuel Administration during World War One: "Uncle Sam needs that extra shovelful"...
- 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...
- stupefied men. 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...
- 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...
- A child in appropriate clothing, moving a shovelful of fresh snow...
- 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...
- 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...
- "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...
- minutes, or faces covered over up to the eyes, we would toss shovelful after shovelful, almost without breathing. Then we would race several metres away...
- Jews and Arabs will share the land in peace. While others in turn add a shovelful of dirt to the grave, Dov, angry and heartbroken, byp****es the shovel...