grafter

Example Sentences

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The couple, who had been together for 24 years, shared a "beautiful family and a granddaughter", Mrs Day said, describing her husband as "just a typical family man, a grafter and a gentle giant".

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025

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

Statham has been nothing if not a grafter.

From The Guardian • Jul. 25, 2019

William Jefferson, the Louisiana congressman who kept cash in the freezer in his apartment, was a grafter.

From Slate • May 10, 2018

I allow the chap's honest, mind, but, sakes alive, he's only what a N'York thief would call a "sure thing grafter."

From The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography by Dawson, A. J. (Alec John)