Is the shoveller really just J Crew confusing his gofers for people?. From Wordnik.com. [Lazy Thursday Blues: Early Edition] Reference
When earth has to be thrown further than that of which a shoveller is capable, a relay may be established. From Wordnik.com. [1.1. Survey of local conditions and site reconnaissance] Reference
The output of a shoveller will vary depending on the density of the soil, the method used and the skill of the worker. From Wordnik.com. [1.1. Survey of local conditions and site reconnaissance] Reference
There proved to be several varieties of duck among the countless flocks which I saw, notably mallard, teal, pochard, and shoveller. From Wordnik.com. [A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil] Reference
Cancer: The realization that you are a better cook, chef, and bottle washer than the local shoveller of foodstuffs will come to you suddenly early this week. From Wordnik.com. [Horoscope for the week of March 9, 2008] Reference
Fair dos; they have mortgages and families to support; nevertheless I think that the humblest Bangladeshi shit-shoveller shows more integrity in the pursuit of his métier than the average Murdoch hack. From Wordnik.com. [His Master's Voice] Reference
On one of these occasions I one day saw a party of shoveller duck dibbling in. From Wordnik.com. [Far Away and Long Ago] Reference
The shoveller, or broad-bill, is a fowl occasionally kept on ponds in pleasure-grounds. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally] Reference
PT: Goldberg was a leading BS shoveller for the worst self-inflicted cock-up in US foreign policy history. From Wordnik.com. [TPMCafe] Reference
The beak of a shoveller-duck (Spatula elypedta) is a more beautiful and complex structure than the mouth of a whale. From Wordnik.com. [VII. Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection] Reference
The researchers concluded that a bent-handle shovel design can reduce back strain by allowing a shoveller to stand more upright. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
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 Wordnik.com. [The Daughter of a Magnate] Reference
Although the beak is thus very inferior as a sifter to that of the shoveller, yet this bird, as every one knows, constantly uses it for this purpose. From Wordnik.com. [VII. Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection] Reference
Hendrik the other, while Swartboy acted as shoveller, and filled the baskets as fast as Hans and Totty, assisted by Trüey and little Jan, could empty them. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Adventure Tales] Reference
Gadwall, the drakes picked out in dapper shades of grey with black sterns; shoveller, with oversized beaks; and teal, tiny, the flashy males great whistlers. From Wordnik.com. [Top stories from Times Online]
We saw here the whooping crane, and white pelican, numerous; and in the small streams near the bases of the hills, the common canvass-back duck, shoveller, and black duck. From Wordnik.com. [Townsend Chapter 5] Reference
With this beak the shoveller digs up the soft mud, and letting its watery particles escape, retains the very small worms and other insects which constitute the principal food of the bird. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally] Reference
My first attempt at duck-shooting was made at a pond not many minutes 'walk from the house, where I found a pair of shoveller ducks, feeding in their usual way in the shallow water with head and neck immersed. From Wordnik.com. [Far Away and Long Ago] Reference
In this latter species, the lamellæ are much coarser than in the shoveller, and are firmly attached to the sides of the mandible; they are only about 50 in number on each side, and do not project at all beneath the margin. From Wordnik.com. [VII. Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection] Reference
Others, as widgeon, shoveller, and teal, do not dive, merely trying to hide in some hole in the bank; and these are generally birds that fall to the touch of shot much more easily than is the case with their tougher relatives. From Wordnik.com. [II. Waferfowl] Reference
The lower mandible of the shoveller-duck is furnished with lamellæ of equal length with those above, but finer; and in being thus furnished it differs conspicuously from the lower jaw of a whale, which is destitute of baleen. From Wordnik.com. [VII. Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection] Reference
There were two pintails, one of which was the most abundant species in the country; also a widgeon, a lake duck, a shoveller duck, with red plumage, grey head and neck, and blue wings; and two species of the long-legged whistling or tree duck. From Wordnik.com. [Far Away and Long Ago] Reference
At the report they sprang into the air, and I leaped to my feet to give them the second barrel, when, from under the bank right beneath me, two shoveller or spoon-bill ducks rose, with great quacking, and, as they were right in line, I took them instead, knocking both over. From Wordnik.com. [II. Waferfowl] Reference
A few other kinds -- widgeon, pintail, and shoveller. From Wordnik.com. [Far Away and Long Ago] Reference
"A shoveller was hurt when the gravel slipped a few minutes ago. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughter of a Magnate] Reference
In the meanwhile, Neuendorf’s two associates leapt into action, the bushy-browed shoveller snatching up his implement; while his toothless companion—after glancing about for a suitable weapon—seized a large, gnarled branch that lay on the grass nearby. From Wordnik.com. [Nevermore] Reference
Ah, that poor shoveller. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughter of a Magnate] Reference
The snow-shoveller is at work Right. From Wordnik.com. [The Pot Boiler] Reference
A snow shoveller. From Wordnik.com. [The Pot Boiler] Reference
Duck, shoveller, II¶9, II¶19. From Wordnik.com. [Index] Reference
’E’s my brother-in-law, the poor worm shoveller. From Wordnik.com. [More Work for the Undertaker]
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