"shovelbum" meaning in English

See shovelbum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-shovelbum.wav Forms: shovelbums [plural]
Etymology: From shovel + bum. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|shovel|bum}} shovel + bum Head templates: {{en-noun}} shovelbum (plural shovelbums)
  1. (US, archaeology, humorous) A professional excavator on cultural resource management projects, who has done extensive field work. Tags: US, humorous Categories (topical): Archaeology, People
    Sense id: en-shovelbum-en-noun-qh53Q5SO Disambiguation of People: 74 26 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-shovelbum.wav Forms: shovelbums [present, singular, third-person], shovelbumming [participle, present], shovelbummed [participle, past], shovelbummed [past]
Etymology: From shovel + bum. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|shovel|bum}} shovel + bum Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} shovelbum (third-person singular simple present shovelbums, present participle shovelbumming, simple past and past participle shovelbummed)
  1. (US, archaeology, humorous) To excavate, to do archaeology digs. Tags: US, humorous Categories (topical): Archaeology
    Sense id: en-shovelbum-en-verb-LegS1ehn Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 65 Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences

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