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

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

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

My mind is fully established in this thing; as a grafter he is the perfected article.

From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey