"spademan" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: spademen [plural]
Etymology: spade + -man Etymology templates: {{suf|en|spade|man}} spade + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|spademen}} spademan (plural spademen)
  1. Alternative form of spade man Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: spade man
    Sense id: en-spademan-en-noun-ajtcZgsI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -man

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1784, Present state of husbandry in Scotland, page 97",
          "text": "The earth of this under stratum furrow a number of spademen threw into the old original furrow.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick; Or, The Whale",
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, J. Storer Clouston, Vandrad the Viking, page 119",
          "text": "All the chiefs and greater men landed with a sufficient number of spademen to assist them with the work, while the others lay off in the ships and watched in silence.",
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