grafter
Example Sentences
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I like Jesus a lot, and he is far more than just a grafter, but when I watch him he is not always looking to get on the end of balls into the box like he did against Cheltenham in the FA Cup on Saturday - he is often lurking deeper or on the left, linking play.
From BBC
Mr. Oliver is, by most accounts, an optimist and, by his own account, what the Brits call a grafter — someone who just puts his head down and works, whatever the circumstance.
From New York Times
Statham has been nothing if not a grafter.
From The Guardian
The Dutch defense is solid but it is in midfield where the gems are to be found — Danielle van de Donk is the creative hub of the side while Sherida Spitse is adept in dead-ball situations and a tireless grafter.
From Reuters
On nights when I cannot easily will myself back to sleep because the switch has already flipped to ON, I begin to sense some unknown part of my brain, some lower-order, engine-room, grafter gland, busy itself running an hours-long system scan.
From The New Yorker
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
