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

James Milner: I remember this player playing for Newcastle United and thinking he's a grafter.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 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

They passed the minions of the great grafter.

From The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike by Jarvis, W. H. P. (William Henry Pope)