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
The grifter has no esteem for the dim grafter, who lacks his inspiration and showmanship.
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
Briber and grafter are now 'good men,' and would have passed for virtuous in the American community of seventy years ago.
From Teaching the Child Patriotism by Clarke, Kate Upson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
