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- verb Present participle of
shovel .
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Examples
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These men and others who do the shovelling are the "muckers."
The Poisoned Pen 1908
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I spend a lot of time shovelling, which is a form of torture for weaklings like me.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Elizabeth King 2012
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That's why the idea of shovelling content into other forms of technology appeals - that brief but heady period when a weblog was not just a source of information but also a lovingly tended little patch of the web design has passed, it seems.
things magazine 2010
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If you add to this physical exercise, especially exercise that you are not accustomed to -- such as shovelling snow, pushing an automobile, or even walking fast or far -- you are risking a heart attack,
In Time of Emergency A Citizen's Handbook on Nuclear Attack, Natural Disasters (1968) United States. Office of Civil Defense
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Even at the hardest kind of shovelling they outlived every other kind a dozen weeks, and the fireman was a lucky malefactor who could induce a soldier to part with his.
To The Front A Sequel to Cadet Days Charles King 1888
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Although, they could have a logo depicting a gopher shovelling cowpies for all I care ... as long as the team wins.
Retro Rider logo = Fugly Tyler 2009
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Hours later, when it was time to shovel our driveway and back patio, I was looking at a good two hours of shovelling just so we could access our driveway, garage and front door with our minivan.
Snowblower or no snowblower? Tyler 2010
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We live in a city, how much snow are you shovelling anyway?
Snowblower or no snowblower? Tyler 2010
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If $500M is shovelling, Ares/Orion is flattening mountaintops.
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My 1 year old son is shovelling them into his mouth so fast, I can barely get a moment to enjoy mine.
100% Whole Wheat Pancakes Laura 2009
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