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

She is a grafter, riding more races than anyone else in Ireland this season.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2021

Statham has been nothing if not a grafter.

From The Guardian • Jul. 25, 2019

Jared is, however, a grafter married to a grifter.

From Slate • May 10, 2018

Whatever the merits of the system maybe, it produced results more or less beneficial, according as you look at it from the point of view of the homeseeker, or the grafter.

From The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid by Collins, Dennis