"a punta de pala" meaning in Spanish

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          "english": "We've got counts and marquesses aplenty, but there's just a handful of dukes",
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          "text": "De condes y marqueses tenemos a punta de pala, pero de duques somos pocos",
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          "ref": "2016, Conxa Rodríguez Vives, Piano a cuatro manos:",
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