The number of self-proclaimed experts on the internet only proves the point that one should take advice with a "shovelful" of salt. From Wordnik.com. [A Shovelful of Salt, Part II: Trigger Weight and Gun Safety] Reference
A shovelful is more like it. From Wordnik.com. [A Shovelful of Salt] Reference
It was a shovelful of earth falling on the coffin. From Wordnik.com. [Les Miserables] Reference
"I don't feel as if I could lift another shovelful.". From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone] Reference
The man sent a fourth shovelful tumbling into the grave. From Wordnik.com. [Les Miserables] Reference
"Didn't I throw that shovelful high, Eva?" he called out. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, March 2, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
The next shovelful of earth might contain a precious gem. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
Be sure to tamp each shovelful down before adding another. From Wordnik.com. [7. Building Instructions] Reference
They are scooped up by the shovelful while they are dormant. From Wordnik.com. [8: Plant protection and pest control] Reference
A worker can throw a shovelful of earth 3-4 m horizontally or. From Wordnik.com. [1.1. Survey of local conditions and site reconnaissance] Reference
Sprouting grain was damp grain, and each shovelful weighed pounds. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
As Bob tossed in shovelful after shovelful of the bivalves, the two. From Wordnik.com. [Frank and Andy Afloat The Cave on the Island] Reference
Clay appeared at the barn door, a shovelful of manure in his hands. From Wordnik.com. [Till Hell Freezes Over]
Next to them stood a man who applied the water after each shovelful. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
Martha screamed when he threw the first shovelful of earth into the grave. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
Measuring by the shovelful is not acceptable since this is too inaccurate. From Wordnik.com. [3. Material testing and mixing] Reference
Dig a shovelful and most of what had been excavated would cascade back in. From Wordnik.com. [McCain goes even lower.] Reference
They got a shovelful, you know, to test as many daddies as they want, Nancy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 14, 2007] Reference
Yes, and see who the men are, and where they take the shovelful of stuff to. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret of Moon Castle]
About the third shovelful down, I realize that the sand has turned to a strange mud. From Wordnik.com. [Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker"): A Beach Walk With the Ghosts of Exxon Valdez] Reference
"Take that," shouted Bill, throwing a shovelful of manure into the tent of his aggressor. From Wordnik.com. [The Kangaroo Marines] Reference
But he enjoyed the sport, tossing each shovelful of snow as high as he could, and across the yard. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, March 2, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
"My pocketbook was not very large, and it might easily be thrown away in a shovelful of shavings or sawdust.". From Wordnik.com. [Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Christmas Tree Cove] Reference
Then in forming the hills place two shovelfuls of fine manure and one-half shovelful of hen manure for each hill. From Wordnik.com. [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference
Freddie was delighted to do this, and was soon tossing up on the slanting boards shovelful after shovelful of snow. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins at Home] Reference
She took her little fire-shovel, and began to take up the coal, a shovelful at a time, and carry it into the cellar. From Wordnik.com. [Choice Readings for the Home Circle] Reference
He stared at three rusty pressure prongs that had been undisturbed in a bed of old needles until the last shovelful. From Wordnik.com. [Stalin's Ghost]
The first trouble arose through a pioneer of the Kangaroos dropping a shovelful of dirt in the lines of the Melbourne men. From Wordnik.com. [The Kangaroo Marines] Reference
While in China I was told of one mountain that has five veins of coal that can be seen without throwing a shovelful of dirt. From Wordnik.com. [Birdseye Views of Far Lands] Reference
Lay pieces of hardwood or a shovelful of coal on top of the kindling, building so as to admit of the free circulation of air. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools] Reference
The prince set to work, but every time he threw a shovelful out of the window, two shovelfuls came flying in to take its place. From Wordnik.com. [Stories to Read or Tell from Fairy Tales and Folklore] Reference
If it was in bad repair, Davis should see to it; a man with a barrowful of bricks and a shovelful of mortar should be sent down. From Wordnik.com. [Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance] Reference
Ground was broken for the Central Pacific the next year in Sacramento, and Governor Stanford dug up the first shovelful of earth. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of California] Reference
After planting one shovelful of night soil, or two or three shovelfuls of cured slaughter house tankage, were applied to each tree. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947] Reference
He had taken a shovelful of embers from the fire, and now he tossed them at her so that she had to dance about to escape the sparks. From Wordnik.com. [A Campfire Girl's First Council Fire The Camp Fire Girls In the Woods] Reference
I've heard it said that some of you think you are cutting the ground out from under your feet with every shovelful of earth you lift. From Wordnik.com. [Then I'll Come Back to You] Reference
If a very fine effect is wanted, throw a shovelful or two of good earth over each square yard, and smooth it with the back of a steel rake. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881] Reference
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