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

The grafter, by contrast, is a run-of-the-mill abuser of the public trust.

From Slate • May 10, 2018

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

That 'the people ask nothing better' is the slogan of the grafter.

From Atlantic Classics by Various