grafter
Example Sentences
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He went from working in the vineyards to becoming a master grafter and eventually owning land and opening his tasting room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2023
William Jefferson, the Louisiana congressman who kept cash in the freezer in his apartment, was a grafter.
From Slate ● May 10, 2018
In it, the advert read that "it shouldn't be this hard" to find "a grafter, who can commit."
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2017
For Parker is nothing if not a model professional, an old-fashioned grafter who began acting as a child, 25 years before she landed Sex and the City in her early 30s.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 1, 2016
You know, I’m a regular grafter now, just living off Spider.
From Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies by Walter Prichard Eaton
