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

In it, the advert read that "it shouldn't be this hard" to find "a grafter, who can commit."

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2017

A grafter, a liar, a serial bankrupt, a serial divorcee!

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2016

Averaging just one goal every four games throughout his career, the Irish striker has never been prolific and is renowned more as a tenacious grafter.

From The Guardian • Aug. 22, 2014

Seeing you’re so careless about your cash, you’d best throw some into the talons of a tailor and a hatter and a near-silk-shirt grafter.

From Lonesome Town by Dorrance, Ethel