Example Sentences

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There is enough work to give constant employment to a cradler and a shoveller.

From Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining by Hittell, John S. (John Shertzer)

In winter as a rule it became full of water and was a favourite haunt, especially at night, of flocks of teal, also duck of a few other kinds—widgeon, pintail, and shoveller.

From Far Away and Long Ago by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)

To be good, a duck must be fat, be it a canvasback, gadwell, black-duck, garganey, poachard, wood-duck, pintail, shoveller, spirit-duck, summer-duck, teal, widgeon, shelldrake, or any other.

From Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks by Blot, Pierre

She saw him rejoin his companion engineer near where lay the shoveller with the covered face, and the thought of the terrible accident depressed her.

From The Daughter of a Magnate by Spearman, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton)

Although the beak is thus very inferior as a sifter to that of a shoveller, yet this bird, as every one knows, constantly uses it for this purpose.

From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Darwin, Charles